Auction 20
Lot 190:
By Rabbeinu Shimon of Frankfurt. With the exegesis Zayit Ra’anan by Rabbeinu Magen Avraham. And another two new exegeses, Heichal Ra’anan and Shemen Ra’anan, by Rabbi Yoel Dov Beer ben Rabbi Meir HaKohen of Volozhin. Printed by Yosef Reuven Min Ram, Vilna 1863. Many stamps of ownership of the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Salant on the cover page and in the book. Two penciled glosses on page 73(2) and 74(1). | Rabbi Shmuel Salant (1816-1909), the esteemed rabbi of Jerusalem for around seventy years, and leader of the Ashkenazi communities of Israel. He became famous as a genius in his youth, and was only 13 when his rabbi, Rabbi Avlei Paswaller (the Ra’avad of Vilna), sent him a letter with a difficult question regarding taking care of a get, showing that his rabbi already trusted his instructions as that of a Rav. In his youth he studied in a hevruta with Rabbi Yisrael of Salant (father of the Mussar movement). In 1841 he was invited to Israel to serve in the Jerusalem Rabbinate and lead the Prushim community, and he established educational and chessed institutions there, as well as a beit din and established the Ashkenazi community. | Stamps of ownership, repairs with tape. Stains. 74 pages. 33cm. Generally good condition.
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