Auction 14 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Chidushei Rabbeinu Chaim HaLevi – Brisk, 1936 – Copy Printed on High Quality Paper
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
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Chidushei Rabbeinu Chaim HaLevi – novella and commentaries on the Rambam, Rabbi Chaim HaLevi Soloveichik. Brest Litovsk (Brisk) 1936. First edition.
Rabbi Chaim HaLevi of Brisk, forbearer of the scholarly approach to learning later adopted by Lithuanian Yeshivot. This book was written over the course of many years and underwent countless modifications "up to one hundred times" (quote of author's sons in foreword), and until this day is considered one of the fundamental works on Talmud study.
[1], 112 leaves, 34 cm. Light colored, high-quality paper, good condition, few damages and light stains. Renewed binding on original binding.
After title page a pamphlet is bound "an index to Chidushei Rabbeinu Chaim HaLevi Soloveichik, of the sayings of the Talmud, copied from the notes inside by Alter Halpern" – 12 pages of stencil, [London?, 1945?].
Rabbi Chaim HaLevi of Brisk, forbearer of the scholarly approach to learning later adopted by Lithuanian Yeshivot. This book was written over the course of many years and underwent countless modifications "up to one hundred times" (quote of author's sons in foreword), and until this day is considered one of the fundamental works on Talmud study.
[1], 112 leaves, 34 cm. Light colored, high-quality paper, good condition, few damages and light stains. Renewed binding on original binding.
After title page a pamphlet is bound "an index to Chidushei Rabbeinu Chaim HaLevi Soloveichik, of the sayings of the Talmud, copied from the notes inside by Alter Halpern" – 12 pages of stencil, [London?, 1945?].
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