Auction 13
Lot 305:
Dedication of the book Erech Malin, first volume, on issues of personal namese, by Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Leib HaKohen Rapoport. The page before the cover has the dedication of the author on a piece of paper glued in. The Gaon Rav was born to his father, Rav Aharon Haim Rapoport in 1790. In 1810 he married the daughter of the Gaon Rav Aryeh Leib Heller, the Katzot HaKhoshen, and wrote the glosses and indices printed in his famous book, Avnei Miluim. In 1837 he was chosen to be Av Beit Din of Tarnopol, and in 1840 as Av Beit Din of Prague, where he served unti he died ( 1868). In 1852 he printed in Prague the book before us, Erech Malin, with the rare dedication that he wrote for Rav Ephraim Refael ben Mordechai Shmuel Girondi, Av Beit Din of Padua. Signature of the kabbalist Rabbi Ephraim Refael Girondi. Repair to the cover and a number of pages, light moth damage, new binding, generally good condition.
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