Auction 56

Beit Yisrael, chiddushim on the Shas by the Maggid of Kozhnitz. First edition, Warsaw 1876

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Sefer Beit Yisrael, chiddushim on Shas sugiyot by the Admor Rabbi Yisrael Shabtai Hopstein, the Maggid of Kozhnitz. Chiddushim on Masechtot of Seder Moed and Nashim.


First edition, Warsaw 1876. [2], 12, [1]; 16; 14-23, 25-26; 43-107 leaves. In practice, the only pages printed here for the first time are the [2] and 43-107, containing chiddushim on Masechtot Ketubot, Kiddushin, and Nedarim, while the rest (from Seder Moed) were from the first printing. Stefanski Chassidut 85. The margin of the title page has listed in Russian: “Part 2”. The back of the title page lists chiddushim from Masechet Nida and an omission from Masechet Kiddushin.

Approbations from Rabbi Yeshaya Mushkat and the first Admor of Amshinov, Rabbi Yaakov david Kalish, printed in the first section, and
new approbations: from the author’s student the 1st Admor of Gur, Rabbi Yitzhak Meir (later Alter) ben HaRav Mori (Rabbi Yisrael Rotenberg), the author of the Chiddushei HaRim, and Rabbi Chaim Eliezer Wax, Av Beit Din of Kalish.

New binding, wear and signs of use, stains, overall good condition.

Stamps and notes with the name: Moshe Shlomo Zlatnik. Note: Binyamin Zeev of Sipke. Not checked thoroughly.