Auction 68
Lot 206:
Sefer Edut LeYisrael on Masechet Makot. Authored by the Gaon Rabbi Binyamin Zeev Katz Rappaport. With elucidations by the author’s son Rabbi Mendel Katz Rappaport [a foreword by the author’s son includes a eulogy for his father, the author]. With an approbation by the Chatam Sofer, who wrote: ויען שהיה לי שעשועים עם הרב הנ"ל, ומצאתיו מלא דבר ה’… ולכשיוגמר אי"ה אקח אחד במחיר הראוי, וכל העוזר ומושיע יתברך…". First Edition Pressburg, 1839. 23 leaves. 25 cm. Some moth perforations. Stains and small tears to the edges of the leaves. Fine new binding. Good overall condition.
On leaf 18, a lengthy gloss handwritten by the wonder-worker Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich Av Beit Din of Shamloy.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich (1863-1944) Av Beit Din of Shamloy and author of Shut Lechem Shlomo. A Gaon, Chassid and Kabbalist, one of the leading rabbis of Hungary, a leading Chassid of the Admor author of the Kedushat Yom Tov of Siget and an admirer of his son the Admor Rabbi Yoel of Satmar, who, like him, sharply objected to Zionism and Agudat Yisrael. Yet, he was also known for his love of Eretz Yisrael and his community sent the largest donations to Eretz Yisrael. During the Holocaust, he could escape to Romania yet refused to do so, saying he now had a chance to observe the Mitzvah of Kiddush Hashem. He perished in Auschwitz with most of his family.
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