Auction 74
Lot 127:
Kuntres Rabbi Chaim Yonah, known as Aleh DeYonah, on Choshen Mishpat by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Yonah Frankel-Teomim of Premishla – Lemberg, 1807. 24 leaves. Approbation to this edition by the rabbis of Lviv and Brod.
The title page is dark and loose. Healthy paper. Minor stains. Good overall condition.
The Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Salant (1816-1909), The acclaimed Rabbi of Jerusalem for over 70 years, and the leader of all Ashkenazic communities in the Land of Israel. Was famed as a Gaon and prodigy, already in his youth, At the age of Bar Mitzvah he received a letter from his Rav, Rabbi Abeli concerning a complicated divorce matter, indicating that his Rav trusted him as an outstanding Torah scholar even then.
He Studied in the town of Salant with his friend the Gaon Rabbi Yisrael of Salant [founder of the Mussar Movement]. He immigrated to Eretz Yisrael in 1841, to serve as teacher and Rav of the Prushim, disciples of HaGra, who lived in Jerusalem. Founded education and charity institutes in the city, founded a Beit Din and strengthened the Ashkenazic community.
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