*Bnei Zion on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, Volume 1. Rabbi Ben Zion HaLevi Lechtman Rabbi of Beirut (Lebanon). Jerusalem, 1947. Author's handwritten dedication and signature, to Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Levin.
* Bnei Zion, Volume 4. Beirut, Lebanon, 1957. Dedication in Arabic by Professor Albert Alya, secretary of the jewish community of Lebanon [was abducted in Beirut by the Syrian in 1971 and executed for espionage].
Rabbi Ben Zion Lechtman (1892-1964), was born in Brailov near Zhitomir. Studied in Lithuanian yeshivot (Radin, Mir, Slabodka and Slutsk). An outstanding Torah scholar and teacher. Traveled from Jerusalem to Lebanon in 1932 to serve there as rabbi where he was recognized for his Torah greatness and appointed as Chief Rabbi and Head of the Beit Din of the capital city Beirut. In 1959, he returned to Jerusalem. The series of his books Bnei Zion, 7 volumes, is an impressive Torah work, including depth and tremendous breadth on many treatises regarding practical adherence to Torah laws.
Two volumes, 34 cm. Good to good-fair condition, glosses and corrections in author's handwriting.