An Entire Unpublished Work! Countless Glosses on the Sheets of Masechet Berachot Handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zvi Schick Av Beit Din of Karcag: Masechet Berachot - First Editions of the Glosses by the Noda BiYehuda and the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger -

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Amal and Yegi’at Torah, genius, sharpness and vast knowledge of the Torah are reflected on the sheets of this important Masechet, on the margins of almost every leaf (often circling the entire leaf), Chidushim, references and many quotes from the Torah, Shas, Poskim and Zohar, all handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zvi Schick Av Beit Din of Karcag, the relative of Rabbeinu the Maharam Schick – in the glosses on this book, he refers to him: "וכן שמעתי ממרן בעל מהר"ם שיק…". The quantity of Chidushim and glosses on the leaves of this book form an entire work, which to the best of our knowledge, has never been published.

The book

Masechet Berachot of the Bavli Talmud, for the first time with the Mareh Yechezkel Glosses by the Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Segal Landau, the Noda BiYehuda. At the beginning of the book, corrections and references by the great Gaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger, which were eventually printed on the margins of the sheets themselves and are known as Gilayon HaShas. Additional additions such as references and corrections by the Gaon Rabbi Bezalel Ransburg and translations introduced by Rashi and the Rishonim titled Marpeh Lashon by the editor Rabbi Moseh Segal Landau, the Noda BiYehuda’s grandson.

Printed in Prague, 1830. At its end, Mishnayot Seder Zera’im with a separate title page and the date 1831. [6], 102, 74, [2] leaves. The two last leaves contain a list of important and famed subscribers from Germany
headed by Rabbeni Akiva Eiger.

Large volume: 45X29 cm. Title page with red lettering. Fine, wide margins. Partly gilt edges. Fine half-leather binding with stains and minor blemishes. Stains and some blemishes. Very good overall condition.

Rabbi Shlomo Zvi ben Natan Schick (known as the Rashban) (1844-1916) was the rabbi of the Karcag community in Hungary. He demonstrated independent views and was considered a moderate and open Orthodox rabbi (an unusual figure in the Hungarian landscape), which drew criticism from some of the Hungarian rabbis such as the Rabbi of Mad, who even wrote this criticism down in his book Levushei Mordechai. Rav Schick published many rabbinical works, articles in Hebrew, German, and Yiddish journals. His works include Siddur Rashban: A New Commentary, Sefer Shut Rashban, and more.

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