Auction 62

Basic Book: Or Zaru'ah Shapira Press - First Edition Zhytomyr, 1862

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Sefer Or Zaru’ah, Piskei Dinim, Halachot and Shut, an important composition on the Halachic Psikah which is cited by the Beit Yosef and the Rema. By Rabbi Yitzchak ben Rabbi Moshe of Vienna, one of the Rishonim. From a manuscript of the book that had belonged to the philanthropist Rabbi Akiva Lehrn of Amsterdam. The first edition of the important book. Two sections in a single volume, a separate title page with red lettering for each. Printed by the brothers Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshil Shapira, the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta – Zhytomyr, 1862. 2, [1], 3-116; 2, 92 leaves. 39 cm. Stefansky Sifrei Yesod 233. 

Approbations by the Geonim: Rabbi Mordechai Ze’ev Itinga and Rabbi Yosef Shaul Nathanson of Lvov, the Chidushei HaRim of Ger, Rabbi Doberush Meislish of Warsaw and more. Fine new binding. Stains. Several leaves at the end with restored edges. Good overall condition.