Auction 51
Lot 200:
Sefer Ginat Vradim, principles of the Talmud by Rabbi Yosef Teumim, author of the Pri Megadim. Pietrekov 1884. The title page has the stamp of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, the Natziv of Volozhin, and his son Rabbi Chaim Berlin, head of the Etz Chaim yeshiva. The Natziv’s stamp also decorates the 2nd leaf of the copy.
Tear on the title page and an additional page, no binding. Paper a little dry, otherwise good condition
Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (the Natziv) of Volozhin (1817-1893) was the son of Rabbi Yaakov and one of the most well-known sages of Eastern Europe in the 19th century. For around 40 years he led the Volozhin yeshiva, which he inherited from his father-in-law, Rabbi Itzileh of Volozhin. He was the father-in-law of the Grach of Brisk. He wrote Emek HaShe’elah, a commentary on the She’iltot, and Emek Davar on the Torah, Rina shel Torah on Shir HaShirim, Meromi Sadeh on the Shas, and Shut Meishiv Davar.
Rabbi Haim Berlin of Volozhin was the son of the Natziv. He served as Chief Rabbi of Moscow, and as the most famous Rosh Yeshiva in the world, of the Volozhin yeshiva (known as the Mother of Yeshivot). In 1906 he moved to Jerusalem, and after the death of Rabbi Shmuel of Salant he became leader of the Ashkenazi Eida in Jerusalem, even though he refused the official position.
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