Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Books with Glosses by Rabbi Yerucham Perla – Chiddushei HaMe'iri on Yoma, Jerusalem 1885 / Chiddushei HaRan on Megillah, Jerusalem 1884
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Sold for: $525
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Volume comprising three books of Rishonim, with stamps and handwritten glosses of R. Yerucham Fishel Perla:
• Beit HaBechirah by the Me'iri, on Tractate Yoma. Jerusalem: Hirschensohn, 1885. • Chiddushei HaRan, on Tractate Megillah. Jerusalem: Hirschensohn, 1884. Shaarei Tzion, order of transmission from Adam HaRishon until 1372, by R. Yitzchak de Lattes. Jarosław [Jarosław/Premishla], 1885.
Many owners' stamps of R. Yerucham Fishel Perla in Hebrew and Polish: "Yerucham Fishel Perla of Warsaw…"; "Juda Perla – Warschau". The book contains important glosses (including lengthy glosses), in R. Yerucham Perla's tiny, neat handwriting. Several glosses handwritten by R. Menachem Mendel Kasher (author of Torah Shelemah).
R. Yehuda Yerucham Fishel Perla of Warsaw (1846-1934), a brilliant and exceptionally erudite Torah scholar, a prominent Torah scholar in Poland and in his final years, in Jerusalem. He enjoyed Torah prominence together with wealth, earning a living from commerce, and was not required to undertake a rabbinic position. He is renowned for his monumental work on Sefer HaMitzvot of R. Saadia Gaon (three volumes), and for his glosses printed in the margins of various books.
R. Menachem Mendel Kasher (1895-1984), disciple and associate of the leading Torah scholars of his hometown of Warsaw: R. Menachem Zemba, R. Yerucham Perla and others. He was reputed for his encyclopedic knowledge of the Talmud and Midrashim. He produced many Torah works, including many books and essays he composed, as well as works of Rishonim and Acharonim which he brought to print, based on manuscripts. These include: His series Divrei Menachem, responsa and novellae; dozens of volumes of the Torah Shelemah chumash; publication of the writings of the Rogatchover Gaon and those of R. Yerucham Perla.
[3], 4-8 pages, [1], 2-80 leaves; [3], 3-13 leaves; [4], 48 pages. 23 cm. Dry and brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears. New binding.
Sh. HaLevy, nos. 493, 454.
Provenance: Library of R. Menachem Mendel Kasher, author of Torah Shelemah. Lettered on the binding: Beit Torah Shelemah – 770-א.
• Beit HaBechirah by the Me'iri, on Tractate Yoma. Jerusalem: Hirschensohn, 1885. • Chiddushei HaRan, on Tractate Megillah. Jerusalem: Hirschensohn, 1884. Shaarei Tzion, order of transmission from Adam HaRishon until 1372, by R. Yitzchak de Lattes. Jarosław [Jarosław/Premishla], 1885.
Many owners' stamps of R. Yerucham Fishel Perla in Hebrew and Polish: "Yerucham Fishel Perla of Warsaw…"; "Juda Perla – Warschau". The book contains important glosses (including lengthy glosses), in R. Yerucham Perla's tiny, neat handwriting. Several glosses handwritten by R. Menachem Mendel Kasher (author of Torah Shelemah).
R. Yehuda Yerucham Fishel Perla of Warsaw (1846-1934), a brilliant and exceptionally erudite Torah scholar, a prominent Torah scholar in Poland and in his final years, in Jerusalem. He enjoyed Torah prominence together with wealth, earning a living from commerce, and was not required to undertake a rabbinic position. He is renowned for his monumental work on Sefer HaMitzvot of R. Saadia Gaon (three volumes), and for his glosses printed in the margins of various books.
R. Menachem Mendel Kasher (1895-1984), disciple and associate of the leading Torah scholars of his hometown of Warsaw: R. Menachem Zemba, R. Yerucham Perla and others. He was reputed for his encyclopedic knowledge of the Talmud and Midrashim. He produced many Torah works, including many books and essays he composed, as well as works of Rishonim and Acharonim which he brought to print, based on manuscripts. These include: His series Divrei Menachem, responsa and novellae; dozens of volumes of the Torah Shelemah chumash; publication of the writings of the Rogatchover Gaon and those of R. Yerucham Perla.
[3], 4-8 pages, [1], 2-80 leaves; [3], 3-13 leaves; [4], 48 pages. 23 cm. Dry and brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal tears. New binding.
Sh. HaLevy, nos. 493, 454.
Provenance: Library of R. Menachem Mendel Kasher, author of Torah Shelemah. Lettered on the binding: Beit Torah Shelemah – 770-א.
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