Lot 437
Sefer HaMitzvot L'HaRambam - Signature of Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer and Dedication to Him
Sefer HaMitzvot L'HaRambam, with commentaries and novellae of the Mahardam Rabbi Dov Berush Meislesh Rabbi of Cracow. Warsaw, 1870.
A dedication (cutoff) handwritten by the author's grandson Rabbi Yehuda Leibush to Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer Rabbi of Adat Yisrael Berlin. Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer's signature, stamp in a foreign language and his grandson's bookmark Azriel Hildesheimer.
Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer (1820-1899) was a prominent Torah authority of his generation. Disciple of the author of Aruch LaNer and of Rabbi Yitzchak Bernays of Hamburg, he was Rabbi of Eisenstadt in 1851-1869, where he established one of the major Yeshivot of Hungary and Germany. In 1869, he was appointed Rabbi of Berlin, where he established the Beit Midrash LaRabbanim. He led Orthodox Jewry in Germany.
[4], 174 leaves. 25 cm. Good condition. Loose binding.
