Lot 71
Mevo She'arim – Korets, 1783 – First Edition – Copy from the Beit Midrash of Rabbi Binyamin Rivlin, Disciple of the Gaon of Vilna in Shklow
Mevo She'arim by R. Chaim Vital. Korets, [1783]. First edition.
Copy from the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin Rivlin, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna. Stamps of the Beit Midrash (two different versions) on the title page and other leaves: "Stamp of the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin – Shklow", "From the Beit Midrash of R. Binyamin of Shklow".
Handwritten ownership inscription extending over many leaves: "
Belongs to the Beit Midrash of R. Shlomo son of R. Binyamin son of R. Zalman of Shklow".
R. Binyamin son of R. Shlomo Zalman Rivlin (Riveles) of Shklow (1728-1812/1813), author of Gevii Gevia HaKesef. Head of the prominent Rivlin family. An associate of the Gaon of Vilna and his relative (descendant of R. Moshe Rivkes author of Be'er HaGolah). A leading Torah scholar of Shklow, and a pillar of the community. He founded, together with his colleague R. Yehoshua Zeitlin, a yeshiva for brilliant Torah scholars in the city, "he advanced the city of Shklow and its Torah scholars by transmitting the light of his teacher the Gaon of Vilna" (for further information about him, see Hebrew description).
His grandson, R. Shlomo Zalman son of R. Hillel Rivlin, author of Divrei Shlomo (Warsaw 1868-1880), a leading Torah scholar in Shklow and a great Lithuanian Torah leader, a disciple of R. Menashe of Ilya and the prime teacher of R. David Friedman of Karlin.
[1], 118 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears. Leaves trimmed with damage to headings. Worming, slightly affecting text. Binding detached and damaged.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
