Auction 27
Lot 052:
The book Tuv Taam, an interesting and historical book “in response to the question raised, by the sages and princes of the other nations, the dignitaries of the world, why is every type of meat not allowed to be eaten indiscriminately after being hit on the head with a metal rod to end its life…and why is this not permitted for the Jewish people? I replied and wrote, I Aharon Zvi son of Yaakov Shalom, here New York.” With four separate title pages for the four parts of the book. The book justifies the words of the Sage and the midrashim. First edition – New York, 1875. Interesting ownership stamp: Stamp of the library of the deceased Rabbi Matityahu Strashun of Vilna,” see below. [5], 108 pages, not including the title pages. 3 pages. Detached binding, blemished spine, good overall condition. Rabbi Matityahu Strashun (1818-1886), one of the rabbis of Lithuania, a book collector and renowned bibliographer. Founder of the well-known Strashun Library” in Vilna, Lithuania. Son of the renowned Talmudic commentator Rabbi Shmuel Strashun – the Rashash. Studied from Rabbi Itzale of Volozhin and Rabbi Menashe of Ilia.
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