Auction 68
Lot 179:
Talmud Yerushalmi, Masechet Berachot and the complete Seder Zera’im, with a commentary by the Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu ben Yehuda Leb of Folda. Printed in Kopust by Yisrael Yaffe, 1812. Much pagination, has not been thoroughly studied. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection.
Most interesting
In this copy, there is an approbation by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. Appearing alongside it is an approbation by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, a leading disciple of HaGra.
Original ancient leather binding. Loose spine. Stains and much wear due to usage. Some tears. Professionally restored title page. Good overall condition.
On the flyleaf and title page, a notation in Rashi script: "שלמה זלמן בלוך" and on the first leaf, a signature: "שלמה בלוך" indicating this copy was owned by the Tzaddik Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Bloch [see below].
Torah labor
The copy contains many glosses on the margins of the sheet, some of them lengthy and significant and some, corrections and version – handwritten by Rabbeinu. It seems that as a disciple of his great Rav, the Chafetz Chaim, who encouraged the study of the relatively marginal Yerushalmi Talmud, Rabbeinu well-studied this book, writing his glosses and comments on its leaves.
On the upper part of the title page, an additional signature: "אברהם שלמה בהרש"ם" – Rabbi Avraham Shlomo Goldenbaum (1843-1917) the son of Rabbi Shalom Meir. Was a Dayan in Safed and a Sadigura Chassid. His Divrei Torah were published in the book Eshel Avraham.
On the flyleaf, an ancient ownership notation which has not been thoroughly studied. On the first leaf, a foreign stamp: "A Blum" of Warsaw – has not been thoroughly studied.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Bloch (1886-1976) a Lithuanian Rav and Kabbalist, one of the prominent figures of the Mussar Movement of the generation between the two World Wars and after the Holocaust. Was born in Baranovich and studied at the Novhardok Yeshiva with the Saba and at the Radin Yeshiva with the Chafetz Chaim, who studied Chavruta with him. Immigrated to Eretz Yisrael in 1927 and settled in Jerusalem, where he was renowned as a wonder-worker. Passed away at the age of 90 and was buried on the Mount of Olives. Had no children.
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