Lot 366
Torat Hayim – Signatures by Rabbi Elazar Lazi Berlin Av Beit Din of Hamburg
Torat Hayim on the Shas, by Rabbi Avraham Chaim Shor. Frankfurt an der Oder, 1734. Illustrated title page.
Owner’s signatures on the title page: “The Holy Elazar Lazi from Berlin”. “I bought this from my late father property, Izik Berlin”.
The great Rabbi Elazar Lazi (1841-1914) was born in Berlin. He was among the greatest Torah scholars of his generation. Served as Dayan in the Rabbinical court of Rabbi Refael Ha-Cohen in Hamburg. Served as the Chief Rabbi of the Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek communities since 1899. Authored the “Mishnat Rabbi Eliezer” and kept a correspondence with the “Chatam Sofer” (Ishim Be-Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, page 78). More about him in enclosed material.
His son, Rabbi Izik Berlin from Hamburg, was a great and rigorous Torah scholar.
[1], 103, 105-148 leaves. 30 cm. Good-fair condition, stains. restored damages on title leaf and last leaf. Binding with leather spine.
