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Tractate Shekalim [Jerusalem Talmud]. With glosses of the Vilna Gaon and commentary "Taklin Chadetin" by R. Yisrael of Shklov.

Auction 94 · Lot 126

Tractate Shekalim [Jerusalem Talmud]. With glosses of the Vilna Gaon and commentary "Taklin Chadetin" by R. Yisrael of Shklov.

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

printer

Simcha Zimel ben Yechezkel of Grodno

Place

Minsk

Publication

1812

Description

FIRST EDITION of commentary. Title in red and black. Partially printed on blue paper.

references

Vinograd, Minsk 9; Vinograd, Gr’a 411.

summary

With haskamoth of R. Chaim of Volozhin, R. Menachem Mendel of Shklov and R. Aaron Segal of Shklov, as well as lengthy introductions by R. Chaim of Volozhin and R. Israel of Shklov. The title records that publication was made possible through the munificence of Madam Bluma of Minsk. This patroness of Jewish learning had a Beth Hamedrash named after her in her hometown of Minsk, the famed “Blumke's Kloiz.”
ff. (5), 33, 1. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Folio.
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