Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Shivah Kochvei Lechet – Stamp and Polemic Gloss by Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin

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Shivah Kochvei Lechet, on Hilchot De'ot L'HaRambam. Rabbi Dubrish Tursch. Warsaw, 1927. Two sections, the first is illustrated with a portrait of the Rambam.
Stamp of Rabbi "Meir Shapira Av Beit Di and Head of Metivta Piotrkow" [Head of the “Chachmei Lublin” Yeshiva, started Daf HaYomi, a Torah leader of his times. Served as Rabbi of Piotrkow and Lublin]. Stamps of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva.
Rabbi Dubrish Tursch (born in 1863), author and printer, public figure who dealt tirelessly with polemic issues. In this book, Rabbi Tursch criticizes Rabbi Akiva Yosef Schlesinger, author of “Lev Ha'Ivri” with the following words: "I was overcome by terror when I saw the brazenness of that repentant Akiva Yosef the Hungarian, and my eyes almost rotted in their holes…". Rabbi Meir Shapira marked the last words with a penned line and wrote sharply regarding the author: "If only he would have fulfilled his words without the almost, because the fool's thoughts are like the author’s etc. ".
[4], 179, [1] pages. 24 cm. Good condition, stains and wear. Original binding, damaged.
Polemic
Polemic