Auction 48
Lot 141:
Book by Rabbi Aryeh Leib, Av Beit Din of Mitz, the Sha’agat Aryeh and Turei Even. “Published by Rav Yisrael Meir HaKohen of Radin, ” the Chafetz Haim. First edition. With introduction by the publisher and son-in-law, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Levinson. At the end are chiddushim by the author’s son and a drasha for Shabbat Teshuva/Shuva. Cover and separate page numbering for Masechet Makot. 68 pages (136 sides), 11 pages (22 sides).
Original binding with inscription, partially detached, a number of additional pages detached, light defects, generally good condition.
Cover has the inscription: “Moga ” the common practice of the Chafetz Haim, who would write it on the books he published and checked meticulously to prevent errors which could cause a suspicion of gezel. Note: “from the library of Dov Sternbuch (a gift on my wedding day from Reb Meir, known as Oscar Kahan”.
Rabbi Dov Sternbuch of Gateshead and Bnei Brak was the son of Rabbi Asher of London, a descendent of the Gra. He was a huge talmid chacham who knew the Shas by heart. He was close with many sages, and was a student of the Gra”a Dessler. He had a special relationship with Maran Rabbi Haim Kanievsky, who forbid him from asking those at his beit midrash not to stand in his honor. He was brother of the Ra’avad of Antwerp, Rabbi Eliyahu Sternbuch, and the Ra’avad of the Charedi community, Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch. Died in 1990 when he was on his way to Minchah, aged 96.
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