Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Or HaMeir – With Dedication and Signature of the Author, the Maharam Shapira of Lublin

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Or HaMeir, Vol. 1. Responsa by Rabbi Meir Shapira. Piotrków, 1926. First edition.
A nice dedication, handwritten and signed by the author, on the leaf preceding the title page: "Gift from the author to his friend and companion the renowned Torah genius Rabbi Azriel Epstein, Rabbi of Chicago and president of the Rabbis Office. Meir Shapira Rabbi of Pietrekov. Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan 1927".
Rabbi Meir Shapira (1887-1934) Av Beit Din of Peitrekov and Lublin, Head of Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, initiated the Daf Hayomi, and was a leading Rabbi of his times.
[3]. 162 pages. 34 cm. Good condition, wide margins. The leaf with the dedication is detached and has tears to its margins. Original binding, damaged and glued. Ex-library copy.
Signatures and Dedications
Signatures and Dedications