Auction 16
Lot 052:
All of the Shas in one volume. The page numbering is different from that held by the National Library. By Rabbeinu Shmuel Eliezer HaLevi Idlesh. The Maharsha in his commentary on the Shas, wrote chiddushei halachot and agadot separately. Afterwards he regretted that decision, as he writes in his introduction to the chiddushei halachot: “This is why I was wondering about having divided this work into two sections, that is one section on chiddushei aggadot…but I couldn’t put it back together into one volume because the trouble.” In order to fulfill the tzaddik’s wishes, later editions combined the two (Mitz printings) together. Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer HaLevi Idlish—the Maharsha (1555-1631) was a great sage of his generation. A descendent of the Klonimus family, whose lineage ascends all the way to King David. His father-in-law Idel led his yeshiva in Poznan for 20 years, which is why he was called Idlish. Among chassidim, the saying of the Ba’al Shem Tov is known that “if the world only knew the great power of the Maharsha they would lick the dust from on his grave.” There were, among the first chassidim, some who followed the Ba’al Shem Tov’s and actually went and licked the dust from atop his grave. | Long notes are handwritten at the beginning of masechet Megillah and Masechet Sukkah. Listing of ownership. Original wood and leather binding is partially preserved with remains of closing fasteners. Moth marks. No cover page. First page missing. | 47, 90, 125, 44 pages. 30cm. Generally ok to good condition.
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