Auction 68
Lot 64:
Sefer Chazon Ish Hilchot Shevi’t and at its end, He’arot Psachim Chagigah, published by Rabbi S. Greineman. First edition, Jerusalem 1937. [2], 76 [i.e. 78] leaves. Ubravelled spine. Some moth damage. Good overall condition.
Inside the book, glosses and corrections, two of them lengthy and significant (see pictures) apparently handwritten by the publisher, the Chazon Ish’s brother-in-law Rabbi Shmuel Greineman or by his son, Rabbi Chaim Greineman. Needless to say that with regard to Hilchot Shevi’it, Rabbeinu became the central Halachic authority in Eretz Yisrael.
The Chazon Ish is the name of the series of halachic books by Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karlitz, known as the Chazon Ish himself. This series became central in yeshiva studies and Psikat Halacha and the Chazon Ish became very famous as a result. The series was edited mainly by his brother-in-law, Rabbi Shmuel Greineman. 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. Using this formula they published 22 volumes (all during the author’s lifetime). After the Chazon Ish’s passing in 1954, Rabbi Greineman began editing the series according to the order of the tractates of Shas and Shulchan Aruch. This series became the classic edition of the book and had many editions. Today, the regular series contains 9 volumes.
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