Auction 63
Lot 165:
1. The first book by the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karlitz, Maran the Chazon Ish. Chazon Ish, the section of Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah on Hilchot Nidah "and many issues from Seder Kodshim" – first edition, Vilna, 1911. [4] leaves, 128 pp. Two title pages, one of them blue.
2. Chazon Ish, on Ohalot – Vilna, 1936.
3. Chazon Ish, on Taharot, Zavim, Tvul Yom, Yadim and Oktzin – Jerusalem, the press of the Diskin Orphanage, 1940.
4. Chazon Ish, Even HaEzer section – Jerusalem, 1940.
5. Chazon Ish, on Yoreh Deah Hilchot Avodah Zarah and Orach Chaim Hilchot Pesach – Jerusalem, the press of the Diskin Orphanage, 1951.
6. Chazon Ish on Hilchot Shabbat – Jerusalem, 1948.
7. Chazon Ish on Hilchot Mikvaot, Machshirin – Vilna, 1935.
8. Chazon Ish, Even HaEzer section Hilchot Gittin and Kiddushin – Vilna, 1932.
9. Chazon Ish, on Negaim and parah – Jerusalem, 1938.
10. Chazon Ish, on Dmai and Me’asrot – Jeruslaem, 1938.
11. Chazon Ish, Hilchot Kilayim and Orlah – Jerusalem, 1940.
12. Chazon Ish, Hilchot Ketubot – Jerusalem, 1941.
Condition vary. Some without a binding. Good overall condition.
The Chazon Ish is the name of the serious of halachic books by the great sage Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karlitz, known as the Chazon Ish himself. This series achieved central status in studies, and the rabbi became very famous as a result of it. The series was edited mainly by his brother-in-law, Rav Shmuel Greenman. In the beginning, the book was published almost unedited. When the Chazon Ish would finish writing a booklet on something specific, he would give it to his brother-in-law to print it. Using this formula they published 22 volumes (all during the author’s lifetime). The volumes before us are from those volumes, and are rare. After the Chazon Ish’s death in 1954, Rav Greenman began editing the series according to the order of the masechtot of Shas and Shulchan Aruch. This series became the classic edition of the book, and was printed in many editions. Today, the normal series contains 9 volumes.
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