Responsa of R. Akiva Eger, Sefer HaPesakim (responsa on halachic questions) and Part I of Sefer HaKetavim (responsa on Talmudic topics). Warsaw, 1834. First edition, printed in the author's lifetime. Two title pages.
Copy of R. Gershon Tanchum of Minsk, author of Ilana D'Chayei. Ownership inscriptions attesting that the book belonged to R. Gershon Tanchum posek in Minsk. Three scholarly glosses in his handwriting and with his signatures in section 66 (p. 47b), in which he refers to responsa in his manuscript work Etz HaDaat on Yoreh Deah (never printed), and to two responsa he wrote in the month of Tishrei 1871.
R. Gerson Tanchum Pozniak (1802-1881), a leading Torah scholar in his times. He served as posek and yeshiva dean in Minsk and was considered the supreme rabbinic authority in the city. His works on Orach Chaim were printed in the three-part book Ilana D'Chayei (Halberstadt, 1860 – Vilna, 1865). However, his work Etz HaDaat on Yoreh Deah and the rest of his responsa (mentioned in the glosses in the present book) are still in manuscript form.
Stamps of R. Mordechai Yehonatan Katzenellenbogen (uncle of the Chazon Ish) and of R. Binyamin Benzion son of R. Moshe Leib – Kosava".
[2], 222 leaves. 33 cm. Thick high-quality paper. Wide margins. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Wear and a few tears. Marginal worming to many leaves, not affecting text. Many stamps. New leather binding.
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