Auction 48
Lot 043:
She’iltot of Rabbi Ahai Gaon, with the Rishon LeZiyyon and Sheilat Shalom, first edition with the Biur HaEmek She’ela by Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (the Natziv) of Volozhin—first section, Vilna 1861. 14, 246 pages. Introduction by the author. Stefanski Sifrei Yesod 219.
Two title pages in the original, this copy is missing the first title page, light stains, old binding, leather spine, binding partially detached, stains, blue page cutting, overall good condition.
The blank first leaf has the stamp: “Menachem Natan Auerbach”—which refers to the Gaon and Kabbalist HaRav Menahem Natan Auerbach (1851-1930)—compiler of the books ‘Orech Ne’eman’ in four sections, on the Shulchan Aruch and more, was the Rabbi of the Ruhama neighborhood in Jerusalem, one of the close friends of HaRav Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook, relative by marriage of HaRav Yosef Haim Zonenfeld, rabbi of the Haredi movement in Jerusalem.
In the body of the book a number of significant glosses in his handwriting.
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