Auction 14 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Pesachim Tractate – Glosses and Signature of Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Yaffe – Son-In-Law of the Beit HaLevi
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Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim tractate. Vilna, 1909.
Signature and stamp of the Ga’on Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Yaffe of Brisk upon title page of book. Page margins contain glosses [mostly erudite] in his handwriting, the majority of which are signed with his initials: “S.Y.” [=Shmuel Yitzchak].
The Ga’on Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Yaffe (born in 1884, Otzar HaRabbanim 19579), descendent of the Ba’al HaLevushim. Studied in the Slabodka and Brisk Yeshivot. Son-in-law of the Beit HaLevi and brother-in-law of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. Rabbi in Borisov. Immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1934 and served as chief Av Beit Din in Tel-Aviv-Jaffa. Passed away in 1953.
41 cm. Good condition. Stains, moth stains and wear. Magnificent worn leather binding.
Signature and stamp of the Ga’on Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Yaffe of Brisk upon title page of book. Page margins contain glosses [mostly erudite] in his handwriting, the majority of which are signed with his initials: “S.Y.” [=Shmuel Yitzchak].
The Ga’on Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Yaffe (born in 1884, Otzar HaRabbanim 19579), descendent of the Ba’al HaLevushim. Studied in the Slabodka and Brisk Yeshivot. Son-in-law of the Beit HaLevi and brother-in-law of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. Rabbi in Borisov. Immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1934 and served as chief Av Beit Din in Tel-Aviv-Jaffa. Passed away in 1953.
41 cm. Good condition. Stains, moth stains and wear. Magnificent worn leather binding.
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