Lot 96
Babylonian Talmud – Shanghai, 1942-1946 – Printed by Holocaust Refugees
12 volumes of a Babylonian Talmud edition, published by the students of the Mir yeshiva, Shanghai, 1942-1946.
These volumes of the Talmud were printed in Shanghai during WWII, by the students of the Mir yeshiva, who escaped Europe during the Holocaust.
In six of the volumes the name of the publisher is "Vaad HaHadpasah - Torah Or", three volumes are ascribed to "The Ezrat Torah Library of the holy Mir Yeshiva", one volume states only "Yeshivat Mir", and in two volumes the name of the publisher is not indicated.
The volumes here contain tractates: Shabbat, Eruvin, Pesachim, Gittin, Kiddushin, Nazir, Sotah, Bava Kama, Sanhedrin, Makot, Shevuot, Avodah Zara and the Minor Tractates, Zevachim, Menachot, Chulin, Bechorot, Arachin, Temurah, Keritot, Me'ilah, Niddah.
12 volumes. Approx. 26 cm. Overall good condition. In a few volumes, tears to some leaves and detached leaves. Stains. Dry and slightly brittle paper. New, elegant bindings.
