Auction 61 - Rare and Important Items
Shaarei Yosher - First Edition - Interesting Dedication Handwritten and Signed by the Author, Rabbi Shimon Shkop
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Shaarei Yosher, Halachic novellae and research by R. Shimon Yehuda Hacohen Shkop. Parts I-II. Warsaw (Pietrkow), 1928. First edition.
The title page bears an interesting dedication handwritten and signed by the author: I hereby give my book to my relative who assisted me in Yeshivat Telshe, R. Chaim ben Shmuel Yitzchak Kruger, as a memento. Shimon Yehuda Hacohen Shkop, the author".
Shaarei Yosher contains seven sections, "Halachic research regarding ownership and witnesses". It is the first work authored by R. Shimon Shkop, whose unique methodology created a new system of intensive Talmudic study in yeshivot. Shaarei Yosher was enthusiastically accepted among yeshiva students immediately upon publication. The story is told that several months after publication, R. Shimon was invited to a yeshiva where he delivered a lecture to the students. Upon the completion of the lecture, the students approached him with a unique gift: a copy of his own work, already worn and torn from extensive use. R. Shimon emotionally accepted the gift, which demonstrated the great esteem and affection in which his work was held in the yeshiva world.
R. Shimon Yehudah HaCohen Shkop (1860-1940) was a disciple of R. Chaim Soloveitchik in the Volozhin Yeshiva, who guided him in the intricate and deep methodologies of Torah study. At the age of 24 R. Shimon became Rosh Mesivta in the Telshe Yeshiva [established by his uncle, R. Eliezer Gordon], where he began teaching his innovative Talmudic methodology, an approach which has captivated the entire Torah world until this day. R. Elchanan Wasserman was among his prominent disciples during that period. In 1920, he was requested to lead Yeshivat Shaar HaTorah in Gorodno. His works include Shaarei Yosher, Maarechet HaKinyanim and Chiddushei Rabbi Shimon Yehudah HaCohen.
Two parts in one volume: [3], 2-4, [1], 4-342, [2] leaves; [3], 4-112, 114-306, [1], [5], leaves. 30 cm. Brittle, fragile paper. Fair condition. Detached leaves and gatherings. Wear and tears to several pages. The first title page had damage to the margins, with damage to the text of the dedication. Original binding, worn and detached, without spine.
The end of the second part contains the following addition: [5] leaves of errata which are not list in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book no. 000171723.
The title page bears an interesting dedication handwritten and signed by the author: I hereby give my book to my relative who assisted me in Yeshivat Telshe, R. Chaim ben Shmuel Yitzchak Kruger, as a memento. Shimon Yehuda Hacohen Shkop, the author".
Shaarei Yosher contains seven sections, "Halachic research regarding ownership and witnesses". It is the first work authored by R. Shimon Shkop, whose unique methodology created a new system of intensive Talmudic study in yeshivot. Shaarei Yosher was enthusiastically accepted among yeshiva students immediately upon publication. The story is told that several months after publication, R. Shimon was invited to a yeshiva where he delivered a lecture to the students. Upon the completion of the lecture, the students approached him with a unique gift: a copy of his own work, already worn and torn from extensive use. R. Shimon emotionally accepted the gift, which demonstrated the great esteem and affection in which his work was held in the yeshiva world.
R. Shimon Yehudah HaCohen Shkop (1860-1940) was a disciple of R. Chaim Soloveitchik in the Volozhin Yeshiva, who guided him in the intricate and deep methodologies of Torah study. At the age of 24 R. Shimon became Rosh Mesivta in the Telshe Yeshiva [established by his uncle, R. Eliezer Gordon], where he began teaching his innovative Talmudic methodology, an approach which has captivated the entire Torah world until this day. R. Elchanan Wasserman was among his prominent disciples during that period. In 1920, he was requested to lead Yeshivat Shaar HaTorah in Gorodno. His works include Shaarei Yosher, Maarechet HaKinyanim and Chiddushei Rabbi Shimon Yehudah HaCohen.
Two parts in one volume: [3], 2-4, [1], 4-342, [2] leaves; [3], 4-112, 114-306, [1], [5], leaves. 30 cm. Brittle, fragile paper. Fair condition. Detached leaves and gatherings. Wear and tears to several pages. The first title page had damage to the margins, with damage to the text of the dedication. Original binding, worn and detached, without spine.
The end of the second part contains the following addition: [5] leaves of errata which are not list in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book no. 000171723.