Auction 72

Copy of the Gaon Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin: Likutei Halachot by Rabbeinu the Chafetz Chaim - First Edition in the Author's LIfetime Piotrkow, 1922

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Sefer Likutei Halachot, some sections of his monumental work on Seder Kodashim, by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Hacohen of Radin known as the Chafetz Chaim. 

First edition in the author’s lifetime – Piotrkow, 1922. These are the sections of Bechorot and Kritut. The press of Chanoch Henich Pulman. 27, [6], 2-19 leaves. — Arachin Nazir Sotah. 21, 2-27, 2-27 leaves. —Nidah. Mordechai Tzederbaum press. [1], 37 leaves. On verso of the title pages: Druk. G. Piment. Warszawa

Original binding. Moth perforations. Moth damage mainly to the first leaves and binding. Most of the book is in fair-good condition. 

On the flyleaf, an ownership stamp of the Gaon Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin, from the time he served as Av Beit Din of Piotrkow (see Hebrew catalog text for his brief biography). 

Like all Rabbi Meir’s books, this copy too was part of the library of his famed yeshiva, Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin, as indicated by several stamps on the leaves.