Auction 74
Lot 147:
Shut Machaneh Chaim by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Sofer Av Beis Din of Munkatch (the son of the Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Ephraim Fischel Sofer), one of the leading rabbis of Hungary.
Three sections. First edition – printed in Ungvar and Munkatch, 1873-1875. Separate title page for each section.
1. Yoreh Deah: Section II: – Ungvar, 1873. [1], 100 leaves. The title page of section I was printed here on a fine green leaf.
2. Choshen Mishpat: Section II:- Munkatch, 1875. Originally, [2], 70. Possibly, there are two additional leaves here.
3. Even HaEzer: Section II: – Munkatch, 1874. Originally, [1], 72, [1] leaves. Possibly, there is an additional leaf here.
New binding. Minor stains. Good overall condition.
Pedigreed!
On the title page and inside the book many stamps of the rabbis of the Berlin family: the Tzaiv of Volozhin and his son the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin.
The Gaon Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (the Natziv) of Volozhin (1817-1893) the son of Rabbi Yaakov and one of the most well-known sages of Eastern Europe in the 19th century. For around 40 years he headed the famed Volozhin yeshiva, succeeding his gaon father-in-law, Rabbi Itzileh of Volozhin. He was the father-in-law of the gaon Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. Author of Ha’amek She’elah and Ha’amek Davar on the Torah, Rina shel Torah on Shir HaShirim, Meromei Sadeh on the Shas, and Shut Meishiv Davar.
his son the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin of Volozhin served as Chief Rabbi of Moscow, and as the Rosh Yeshiva of the famed Volozhin Yeshiva (known as the Mother of Yeshivot). In 1906 he immigrated to Jerusalem, and after the passing of Rabbi Shmuel of Salant, became leader of the Ashkenazic community of Jerusalem, even though he refused the official position.
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