Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Chazon Ish, Vilna 1911 – Author's Dedication to Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer / Ohalei Aharon with Glosses in the Handwriting of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer

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Three books bound together from the library of "The Gaon Rabbi I.Z. Meltzer". (Handwritten inscription on the leaf before the title page).
• Chazon Ish, Orach Chaim, Kodshim Yoreh Deah Hilchot Nidah. Vilna, 1911. First book authored by Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz. Published anonymously, and therefore its author was called Chazon Ish. Two title pages, on the reverse side of the second title page is a dedication (blurred – erased with ink) from the author to Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer Av Beit Din and head of Yeshiva in Slutsk, (The dedication was blurred with the same type of ink with which Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer wrote his glosses), in the handwriting of the author and with his signature “The Author”.
• Ohalei Aharon responsa [Vol. 1, Rabbi Eliyahu Milikovsky, Grajewo, 1909]. Copy lacking title page, introduction and pamphlet Ner LaMaor. On the margins of Siman 16 are several glosses in the handwriting of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer.
• Matat Yado responsa, Rabbi Matityahu of Byten, Pietrykaŭ, 1908.
[3], 64 leaves; 21-84 leaves; 98 leaves. Brittle paper, good-fair condition, stains and few moth holes. Wear and minor tears. Old binding with leather back.
Signatures and Dedications
Signatures and Dedications