Auction 9
Lot 419:
1. “Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer,” famous midrash from the time of the Tosafos and Rambam and Rash, by the Tana Reb Eliezer ben Horkanus, known as Eliezer HaGadol, with exegesis called “Beit HaGadol,” by Rav Avraham Broda, Vilna 1838, first edition of the exegesis. (3) 37 page. On page 15 is the smudged signature handwritten by Gaon Rabbi Haim Berlin, on the last page and the binding are calculations and lists of books in his handwriting. New binding, moth damage. 2. Book with notes and signatures, interesting note in the center, “I noted it according to the glosses of the Vilna Gra” 3. Number of pages with notes in his handwriting and stamps. Lists of books, money, calculations. Different conditions. Gaon Rabbi Haim Berlin, son of the Natziv of Volozhin, rabbi of Moscow, moved to Jerusalem at age 75 and after the death of Rav Shmuel of Salant, he was appointed Rabbi of Jerusalem, and was the Head Treasurer of Tzedakah of the General Va’ad for Knesset Yisrael,” and head of the gabbayim for the Talmud Torah and Yeshivat Etz Haim, and the Bikur Holim hospital.
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