Auction 62
Lot 145:
Sefer Olat Yitzchak, an interesting book in which the author debates some Divrei Halacha deriving from MIdrash Rabba on Mishneh Torah "שמתורץ בהם כמה קושיות בגפ"ת ורש"י ובאגדות" and a second section titled Toldot Yitzchak with halachic novellae on Yoreh Deah and Even HaEzer "לסתום כמה הלכות שנתעלמו" by Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Av Beit Din of Kopoloia and later of Mogilev, the son of Rabbi Yekutiel Zalman of Polock.
First edition (apparently in the author’s lifetime) Shklov, 1803. Originally, 2, 72 leaves. In this copy, the last leaf is missing. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection. Approbations by the rabbis of Shklov and Rabbi Moshe Chefetz of Tshovs. Introduction by the author. Perforation and taping to the title page. Stains. Focused moth damage. New binding. fair-good overall condition.
On the title page, a blurred stamp by the Natziv of Volozhin and the handwritten of his son, "Meir Berlin".
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 Meir Bar-Ilan (Berlin)—1880-1949—was the son of the Natziv of Volozhin. He was a Zionist author and activist, a leader of the Mizrahi and Religious Zionist movements. He founded the HaTzofeh newspaper, the Talmudic Encyclopedia, and was the first editor. He also established the Yeshiva University in the US.
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