Midrash Shmuel, commentary on Pirkei Avot [with the text], Rabbi Shmuel Di Ozida. Warsaw, 1877. Signature and stamps of “Yosef son of Rabbi Meir Feimer of Slutsk”, and many glosses in his handwriting.
One of the glosses notes: “… I have heard from my father Rabbi Meir Feimer of Slutsk that the Ga’on Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna would sleep a total of eight hours in two days…”.
The Ga’on Rabbi Yosef Feimer (1874-1939, Otzar HaRabbanim 8500), son of the Ga’on Rabbi Meir Feimer and grandson of the Ga’on Rabbi Yosef Feimer of Slutsk [disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin]. Served as rabbi of the businessmen in the city of Slutsk (where his father and grandfather served as rabbis of the city) for approx. twenty years until his emigration to Brooklyn in 1925.
136 leaves. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Stamps “Chabura Mishnayot of Perski”. Magnificent leather binding, worn.