Seven tractates of the Babylonian Talmud, Order Moed, printed by Holocaust survivors in Shanghai. Shanghai (China), 1942-[1946].
The volumes comprise the following tractates: Shabbat, Rosh Hashana, Yoma, Beitza, Taanit, Megillah and Moed Katan, and were printed in Shanghai during WWII by students of the Mir yeshiva.
Stereotype edition of the Vilna Talmud.
The title page of most of the volumes states: "Published by Beit Otzar HaSefarim Ezrat Torah affiliated with the Mir yeshiva, Shanghai…". The title page of Tractate Shabbat states: "Shanghai, Published by Vaad HaHadpasa Torah Or, 1942".
Handwritten dedication on the flyleaf of Tractate Shabbat: "Gift, in honor of his wedding, to R. Dov Freidin. 8th day of Chanukah, 1942". With the stamp of "Vaad HaHadpasa Torah Or Shanghai". The word "Beshem" (in the name of) was added before the stamp, followed by an undeciphered signature.
R. Dov Nachum Freidin (1913-1998), leading member of the Mir yeshiva in Shanghai, and associate of the mashgiach R. Yechezkel Levenstein. He studied for many years together with R. Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman in Kollel Ponovezh, a study partnership which began even prior to the Holocaust. He teamed up with R. Steinman in many charitable enterprises, and they would raise funds together to provide needy families with Passover necessities. R. Steinman eulogized him as one of the Tzaddikim of the generation, amongst the elite. R. Dov passed away childless.
Slightly trimmed signature on the front endpaper of Tractate Rosh Hashana: "...Weintraub[?], Shanghai, Menachem Av 1945".
7 volumes. 26 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Marginal wear and tears. Dry and slightly brittle paper in most volumes. New bindings.