Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Sefer Ha'Zohar – Slavita, 1824 – The Copy of Rabbi Meir Arik
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Sefer Ha'Zohar, Part 3 (Vayikra) and Part 4 (Bamidbar Devarim). Slavita, [1824]. Printed by Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira.
Separate title page for Part 4.
Stamps of Rabbi "Meir Arak Av Beit Din of Tarnów" and another stamp from the time he was "Av Beit Din of Buczacz" – Rabbi Meir Arik (1855-1926), one of most famous rabbis in Galicia and a leading rabbi in the pre-Holocaust generation. Native of Grzymalow, disciple of the author of Shav Ya'akov and the Maharsham, he served for many years as Rabbi of Wojsławice and in 1912 was appointed Rabbi of Buczacz. At the outbreak of World War I, he was exiled to Vienna, where he became a close Chassid of the Ruzhin rebbes. At the end of the war, he returned to Poland and was appointed Av Beit Din of Tarnów. He wrote many works, including his book of responsa "Imrei Yosher". Among his disciples were Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin and Rabbi Meshulam Roth.
On the front flyleaf is a handwritten ownership inscription: "I have always refrained from writing a book only because there are people who go four cubits without Netilat Yadayim, belongs to … Rabbi Yosef Arik of Grzymalow" – signed by Rabbi Meir Arik's brother, an outstanding Torah scholar who died at a young age.
115, [1], 117-309. Printed on bluish paper. 19 cm. Fair condition. Spotting, worm damages. Torn flyleaf. Old binding, detached and damaged.
Separate title page for Part 4.
Stamps of Rabbi "Meir Arak Av Beit Din of Tarnów" and another stamp from the time he was "Av Beit Din of Buczacz" – Rabbi Meir Arik (1855-1926), one of most famous rabbis in Galicia and a leading rabbi in the pre-Holocaust generation. Native of Grzymalow, disciple of the author of Shav Ya'akov and the Maharsham, he served for many years as Rabbi of Wojsławice and in 1912 was appointed Rabbi of Buczacz. At the outbreak of World War I, he was exiled to Vienna, where he became a close Chassid of the Ruzhin rebbes. At the end of the war, he returned to Poland and was appointed Av Beit Din of Tarnów. He wrote many works, including his book of responsa "Imrei Yosher". Among his disciples were Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin and Rabbi Meshulam Roth.
On the front flyleaf is a handwritten ownership inscription: "I have always refrained from writing a book only because there are people who go four cubits without Netilat Yadayim, belongs to … Rabbi Yosef Arik of Grzymalow" – signed by Rabbi Meir Arik's brother, an outstanding Torah scholar who died at a young age.
115, [1], 117-309. Printed on bluish paper. 19 cm. Fair condition. Spotting, worm damages. Torn flyleaf. Old binding, detached and damaged.
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