Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art

Responsa Zera Emet – Livorno, 1786 – Dedication by Rabbi Zalman Sender Kahana Shapira

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Responsa Zera Emet, by R. Yishmael HaKohen Rabbi of Modena. Part I – Orach Chaim and Talmudic novellae. Livorno: Abraham Isaac Castello and Eliezer Saadon, [1786]. First edition, published in the author's lifetime.
Dedication (3 lines) on the front endpaper, handwritten and signed by R. Shlomo Zalman Sender Kahana Shapira, who gave the book as a wedding gift.
Various inscriptions on the title page and endpapers, and stamps from Białystok.
R. Shlomo Zalman Sender Kahana Shapira (1851-1923), outstanding Lithuanian Torah scholar, exceptionally venerated by the Lithuanian Torah leaders and yeshiva deans. Rabbi of Malch and Krynki, where he headed the prominent Anaf Etz Chaim yeshiva. Father of R. Avraham Dov Ber Kahana Shapira Rabbi of Kovno, the Devar Avraham.
[5], 121 leaves. 29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Stamps. New leather binding.

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Books with Signatures and Dedications – Books of Important Ownership
Books with Signatures and Dedications – Books of Important Ownership