Auction 77 - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
Sidrei Taharot on Tractate Kelim – The "Talmud" Compiled by the Rebbe of Radzin – Józefów, 1873 – First Edition – Map of Eretz Israel – Stamp of the Author – Incomplete Copy
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Sidrei Taharot on Tractate Kelim, by Rebbe Gershon Chanoch Henich Leiner, rabbi of Radzin (Radzyń Podlaski). Józefów, 1873. First edition.
Sidrei Taharot is an original, comprehensive and brilliant work on Tractate Kelim. Since there is neither Babylonian nor Jerusalem Talmud on Tractate Kelim, the author compiled a kind of Gemara, comprised of all the teachings in the Babylonian Talmud, Jerusalem Talmud and Midrashim pertaining to each Mishnah in this tractate. The text of the Mishnah and "Gemara" are flanked by two commentaries from the author and compiler – one lengthy and one brief. The work is also structured in a similar style to that of the Talmud.
A great controversy arose at the time surrounding this work. Concerned that a composition so closely resembling the Gemara might eventually be mistaken as an integral part of the Talmud, some of the rabbis of Vilna issued a public statement against it. On the other hand, the work earned the approbations of many of the leading Torah scholars of the generation.
Map of Eretz Israel at the end of the book (folded plate), with stamp of the author: "Gershon Chanoch Henich Leiner, son of the holy rabbi of Izhbitza".
Incomplete copy. [10], 433, 461-540, 543-544 pages + [1] plate. Lacking pages 437-460 (12 leaves). Approx. 36 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor marginal wear and tears to some leaves. Map in fair condition, with open tears and creases (left side of map damaged, with loss). New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 434.
Sidrei Taharot is an original, comprehensive and brilliant work on Tractate Kelim. Since there is neither Babylonian nor Jerusalem Talmud on Tractate Kelim, the author compiled a kind of Gemara, comprised of all the teachings in the Babylonian Talmud, Jerusalem Talmud and Midrashim pertaining to each Mishnah in this tractate. The text of the Mishnah and "Gemara" are flanked by two commentaries from the author and compiler – one lengthy and one brief. The work is also structured in a similar style to that of the Talmud.
A great controversy arose at the time surrounding this work. Concerned that a composition so closely resembling the Gemara might eventually be mistaken as an integral part of the Talmud, some of the rabbis of Vilna issued a public statement against it. On the other hand, the work earned the approbations of many of the leading Torah scholars of the generation.
Map of Eretz Israel at the end of the book (folded plate), with stamp of the author: "Gershon Chanoch Henich Leiner, son of the holy rabbi of Izhbitza".
Incomplete copy. [10], 433, 461-540, 543-544 pages + [1] plate. Lacking pages 437-460 (12 leaves). Approx. 36 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor marginal wear and tears to some leaves. Map in fair condition, with open tears and creases (left side of map damaged, with loss). New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 434.
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