Auction 61
Lot 47:
Sefer Beit Aharon Vehosafot, indices of the entire biblical verses that are introduced in both Talmudim, Midrashim, Kabbalah and Drush books, and a commentary on the Mesorah and Hosafot from seventy books, and Pirtei Hamitzvot and their Halachot, by Rabbi Avraham David Lawat. Vilna 1881.
First edition of the Hosafot. 364 pp. (Friedberg, 554).
Printed at the beginning of the book is a prohibition of encroachment by the author with his handwritten signature and stamp.
In addition, the signature of Rabbi Paltiel Shimon Landau the Grandson of the Admor the author of the Tiferet Shlomo, the son of the son-in-law of Rabbi Yechiel Landau.
[2] leaves, 360 pp.
A large stain on the title page and an additional leaf. Good condition.
Rabbi Abraham David ben Judah Leib Lawat was the Rebbe of Chabad’s great-grandfather. Born in 1815 to Rabbi Yehuda Leib, when he was around 35 years old he was appointed Motz in Nikolaiev, and around 10 years later he was appointed rabbi of the city and rabbi of around 40 villages in the area. He was Rosh of the Kollelim established by the Tzemach Tzedek and was close with the Tzemach Tzedek and Maharash, and at the end of his life he was in especially close correspondence with the latter regarding his works. The Maharash even wrote a glowing approbation on his work.
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