Dikdukei Sofrim, first section. First edition, Munich 1868, copy owned by the Admor Rabbi Shlomo Friedman of Chortkov

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Dikdukei Sofrim, “with the wordings and versions found in the Talmud Manuscript of 5103 [1343] residing in Munich at the Bayern Royal Library, which are different from the common Talmud version we hold in printed versions [it is believed that this manuscript is the only comprehensive copy of the Talmud Bavli in which Christian censors did not corrupt the text], with glosses called Divrei Sofrim including different wordings from the Gemara manuscript found in the library of the King in Paris and from the early printings of the Talmud, Mishnayot and Ein Yaakov, with comments in order to clarify the correct wording according to the words of our early sages and according to common sense.” Monumental, comprehensive work by Rabbi Rafael Natan Neta Rabinowitz, adorned with endorsements from greats of his generation: Rabbi Yosef Shaul Natanson, Rabbi Shlomo Kluger, the Aruch Laner, the Katav Sofer, Rabbi Yitzhak Elchanan Spector, and Rabbi Shimon Sofer of Krakow. First edition, Munich 1868. First section with Masechet Brachot and Seder Zra’im, two title pages for each section. See Stefanski Sifrei Yesod, p. 20. 394 pages, [3] leaves, 60 pages [2] leaves. Stains, new binding.

The title page has the stamp of ownership of the Admor Rabbi Shlomo Friedman of Chortkov (1894-1959), the son and successor of the Admor Rabbi Nachum Mordechai Friedman of Chortkov, as well as son-in-law of his uncle the Admor Rabbi Yisrael of Sadigura. He was the fourth and final Admor of the Chortkov dynasty. He wrote the Divrei Shlomo.

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