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Lot 179

She'erit Yehudah by the Maharil of Yanovitch – First Edition – Vilna, 1841

She'erit Yehudah, laws of Melichah (salting meat) from Shulchan Aruch (sections 69-74), with commentary and responsa on all four parts of Shulchan Aruch, by R. Yehudah Leib, posek and Maggid in Yanovitch (Yanavichy), brother and close disciple of Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe. Vilna: Menachem Mann and Simchah Simmel, 1841. First edition.

Brought to press by R. Ze'ev Wolf son of Yeshayah (son of the Maharil of Yanovitch.

R. Yehudah Leib (ca. 1709-1826), brother and prominent disciple of Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya. Maggid and posek in Yanovitch (Yanavichy), due to which he was known as the Maharil of Yanovitch. He was a close assistant and confidant of his brother the Baal HaTanya. He was the first to transcribe his brother’s discourses and homilies; the Alter Rebbe considered his transcriptions more reliable than those of others, and they form the basis for the homilies in Torah Or. [1],


49 leaves. 23 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases and wear. Worming on most leaves, lightly affecting text. Stamp. New binding.