Auction 75
Lot 50:
Sefer Pri Megadim, on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah (without the text of the Shulchan Aruch). Zholkva, 1811. [2], 141, 9 leaves. 37 cm. The 9 last leaves contain "Chidushei HaGaon Rabbi Leib Chanalisch Vehagahot" from another edition. Moth perforations and some moth damage. Stains and some tears. Old binding, slightly blemished with a new embossed fabric spine.
Throughout the book, several glosses, 2 of them handwritten by Rabbeinu Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin – the Natziv. Stamps of the library of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva (most of them from the library of Rabbeinu’s son, Rabbi Chaim Berlin) and a notation of the year handwritten by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin as he used to write on his books.
The Gaon Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (the Natziv) of Volozhin (1817-1893) the son of Rabbi Yaakov and one of the most well-known sages of Eastern Europe in the 19th century. For around 40 years he headed the famed Volozhin yeshiva, succeeding his gaon father-in-law, Rabbi Itzileh of Volozhin. He was the father-in-law of the gaon Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. Author of Ha’amek She’elah and Ha’amek Davar on the Torah, Rina shel Torah on Shir HaShirim, Meromei Sadeh on the Shas, and Shut Meishiv Davar.
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