Auction 66
Lot 124:
Shut Sha’agat Aryeh Hachdashot by the Gaon Rabbi Aryeh Leib of Metz. With glosses by his son Rabbi Asher Av Beit Din of Karlsruhe. First edition – Vilna, 1873. 72 leaves. Approbations by contemporary Geonim
Worn binding. Taped spine. Minor stains. Some tears. Good overall condition.
On the title page, the stamp of Rabbi Shmuel Salant and the stamp of Rabbi Hillel Moshe Meshil Gelbstein of Bialystok in Jerusalem.
Notation on the title page: שייך לישער"ח בחד"א שלא יוציאו אותו…" apparently by Rabbeinu. In addiiton, blurred stamps of Kollel Ashkenazim Prushim.
The Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Salant (1816-1909), The acclaimed Rabbi of Jerusalem for over 70 years, and the leader of all Ashkenazic communities in the Land of Israel. Was famed as a Gaon and prodigy, already in his youth, At the age of Bar Mitzvah he received a letter from his Rav, Rabbi Abeli concerning a complicated divorce matter, indicating that his Rav trusted him as an outstanding Torah scholar even then.
He Studied in the town of Salant with his friend the Gaon Rabbi Yisrael of Salant [founder of the Mussar Movement]. He immigrated to Eretz Yisrael in 1841, to serve as teacher and Rav of the Prushim, disciples of HaGra, who lived in Jerusalem. Founded education and charity institutes in the city, founded a Beit Din and strengthened the Ashkenazic community.
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