Auction 63
Lot 156:
Sefer Gidulei Trumah by Rabbi Azraya Piccio, commentary on Sefer hatrumot by Rabbi Shmuel ben Rabbi Yitzchak Hasfaradi, with an approbation by the Maggid of Kozhnitz, Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliot and more. The names of the Chozeh of Lublin, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimnov and more appear in the lists of subscribers. 4, 9, [2], 34, 66, 64 [i.e. 62], 42 [i.e. 40], 32, 19, [2] leaves. Tears and taping affecting the text pf some leaves. Stains. Dismantled binding. Good-fair condition.
An exciting, unique item: The personal copy of Rabbeinu the Gaon Rabbi Yisrael Meir Hacohen of Radin, the Chafetz Chaim. On the title page, a stamp (partly faded) of his son: "ארי’ ליב בהרי"מ הכהן". On verso of the front board, a handwritten notation: במשכון מבעהמ"ח [מבעל מחבר] חפץ חי…" Inside the book, 5 glosses and a correction-erasure handwritten by him. The binding was covered with fabric with the famed jug-shaped logo of Rabbeinu the Chafetz Chaim’s books in its center and mounted beneath it was the cover of his book Chafetz Chaim – the binding was taken apart and all its part appear here.
In addition, on the title page, the signature of "הק’ משה שמואל בהרב אברהם אליקים מטארנא" – Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Schif of Torno, the son of Rabbi Avraham Elyakim Schif Av Beit Din of Tarnov, a Chassid of the Chozeh of Lublin who owned a large winery. His son, Rabbi Yosef Schif, used to receive confirmation of the Kashruth of the wine from the Chozeh. According to the book Ohel Shimon by Rabbi Meir Wonder (p. 71), Rabbi Moshe Shmuel or his brother Rabbi Yaakov was the son-in-law of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, author of the Noam Elimelech!
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