Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Pri HaAretz – Zhitomir, 1849 – Copy of Rabbi Chaim Berlin
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Sold for: $1,063
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Pri HaAretz, Chassidic and Kabbalistic essays on the Torah portions, by Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk. Zhitomir: R. Chanina Lipa, R. Aryeh Leib and R. Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, 1849.
The letters of R. Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk and R. Avraham of Kalisk are printed at the end of the book.
Stamp on the title page: "Chaim Berlin son of the Netziv, previously rabbi of Moscow, rabbi and dean in Volozhin, presently in Jerusalem".
R. Chaim Berlin (1832-1912), foremost Torah scholar in his generation, was an illustrious Torah figure of Lithuania and Jerusalem. He was the eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin. He served as chief rabbi of Moscow, and his Torah influence spread throughout Russia. He served for a while as yeshiva dean and rabbi in Volozhin, and as rabbi of Kobryn and Yelisavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi). He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1906 and soon became one of the leading rabbinic authorities in the city.
46 leaves. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Open tear to title page, not affecting text. New binding.
The letters of R. Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk and R. Avraham of Kalisk are printed at the end of the book.
Stamp on the title page: "Chaim Berlin son of the Netziv, previously rabbi of Moscow, rabbi and dean in Volozhin, presently in Jerusalem".
R. Chaim Berlin (1832-1912), foremost Torah scholar in his generation, was an illustrious Torah figure of Lithuania and Jerusalem. He was the eldest son of the Netziv of Volozhin. He served as chief rabbi of Moscow, and his Torah influence spread throughout Russia. He served for a while as yeshiva dean and rabbi in Volozhin, and as rabbi of Kobryn and Yelisavetgrad (Kropyvnytskyi). He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1906 and soon became one of the leading rabbinic authorities in the city.
46 leaves. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming. Open tear to title page, not affecting text. New binding.
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