Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Mishnat Chachamim – By Rabbi Meshulam Feivish of Kremenets, Father-in-Law of Rabbi Avraham the Malach and Great-Grandfather of Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin – First Edition – Ostroh, 1796
Mishnat Chachamim, novellae on the Six Orders of the Mishnah, Parts I-VI, by R. Meshulam Feivish HaLevi Horowitz of Kremenets. Ostroh, [1796]. First edition. Separate title pages for Moed and Nashim.
Approbations by the Noda BiYehuda, the Haflaa and many other leading rabbis of the generation.
The author, R. Meshulam Feivish HaLevi Horowitz (ca. 1710 – Kislev, between 1785 and 1790) was born in Kremenets (Eastern Galicia), and lived there his entire life teaching Torah. Known for his exceptional holiness. The Noda BiYehuda compares him in his approbation to the Torah scholars of early generations.
[3], 33; [1], 15; [1], 22; 4, 9-20; 24; 46 leaves. Lacking four leaves (5-8) of fourth sequence (of tractates Bava Kama and Bava Metzia), and [1] title page of Order Nezikin. Without title pages of Orders Kodashim and Taharot (which appear in some copies only). 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Extensive worming, affecting text. Open tears, affecting text, mostly repaired with paper. Printing defect on one leaf, affecting text. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 369.
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