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Meshech Chochma on the Torah. By Rabbi Meir Simcha Cohen of Dvinsk. Riga, 1927. Printed by Eli Levine. "Brought to print and published under the supervision of …. R' Menachem Mendel Duber Ga'avad of Riga". First edition of the book printed by the Rabbi of Riga who received the manuscript for printing from the author before he died in Riga on Shabbat the 4th of Elul 1926.
The author, Rabbi Meir Simcha HaCohen of Dvinsk (1843-1926), an exceptional Torah scholar and tsaddik, one of the most eminent leaders of Eastern European Jewry before the Holocaust, served 40 years as Rabbi of Dvinsk (Denenburg, Latvia), together with Rabbi Yosef Ruzhin, the Rogochover (who served as rabbi of the Chassidic sector of the city). During the time he was Rabbi of Dvinsk, he began printing his monumental work the Or Sameach on the Rambam. Three volumes were published in his times and the last volume was printed in Riga by Rabbi Menachem Mendel, Av Beit Din of Riga, who also edited and published Rabbi Meir Simcha’s work Meshech Chochma on the Torah. This book became popular throughout the entire Jewish diaspora and eventually grew into one of the most important commentaries on the Torah. In his well-known commentary on the end of Parshat Bechukotai, the author of the Meshech Chochmah foresees the impending destruction of European Jewry.
434 pages. 25 cm. Good condition. Stains. Several tears and minor wear. Contemporary binding, damaged.