Beit Aharon Vehosafot, index of the Talmud and Midrashim on the Torah by Rabbi Avraham Dov Lavat Av Beit Din of Mykolaiv. Vilna, 1880. First edition. Approbation of Rebbe Shmuel of Lubavitch. Stamp and signature of the author “Avraham David Lavat Rabbi of Mykolaiv”. Hundreds of handwritten glosses of additions and corrections [identical to author's handwriting in his signature?].
Rabbi Avraham David Lavat (1815-1890), disciple of the “Tzemach Tzedek” and a leading Chabad rabbi and chassid. Served in the rabbinate for forty years in the city of Mykolaiv, Kherson region. Author of “Sha’ar HaKolel” on the siddur of the Admor HaZaken, “Kav VeNaki” and “Beit Aharon Vehosafot”.
His granddaughter, Rabbanit Chana Schneerson, mother of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who proofread his grandfather's books for Kehot Publications and wrote his biography in the introduction.
[4], 360 pages. 32 cm. Dry paper, fair condition, wear and tear damage to leaf margins. New fabric binding.