Lot 238
Chidushei Rabbi Chaim HaLevi – Brisk, 1936
Chidushei Rabbi Chaim HaLevi – Chidushim and explanations on the Rambam, Rabbi Chaim HaLevi Soloveitchik. Brisk, 1936. First edition.
Inscription in honor of the wedding of Rabbi Gershon HaCohen Kaplan Handwritten and signed by Raphael Yehuda Broida. [Disciple of Mir Yeshiva in Lithuania. Rabbi Gershon Kaplan of Minsk (1906-1843), among leading diligent Torah scholars of Mir, served in the rabbinate of Riga and perished in the Holocaust. His friend, Rabbi Yehuda Raphael Broida was from the “American group” in the Mir Yeshiva]. Ownership stamps of Rabbi “Shmuel Aba Snieg of Munich” and library stamps.
Ga’on Rabbi Chaim HaLevi of Brisk, founder of comprehension and erudition method of Torah study throughout Lithuania. This book was written over a period of many years and was re-examined “until one hundred times” (words of sons of author in preface), and indeed, is considered one of the most basic books of comprehension and study method until today.
[1], 112 leaves, 34 cm. Light quality paper, good-fair condition, detached leaves, wear and slight stains. Original worn and torn binding. Missing spine.
