Ashli Ravravi, Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, first section. Vilna, (1880). Stamps and signature of Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef Karelitz of Kosava. (Stamp of his young son-in-law, Rabbi"Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky - Rosh Yeshiva of Beit Yosef, Bnei Brak, Israel"). Number of erudite glosses in the handwriting of Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef throughout sheets and back leaf of binding. In one of them he writes a Halachic critique of a Sugiya, which he ends with:"He who profoundly studies them will understand¦ and I wrote this only for myself; not to instruct others; until the individual weighs the matter for himself".
The Ga'on Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef Karelitz (1852-1916), author of Beit Talmud, served as Av Beit Din and Rosh Yeshiva of Kosava bordering with Horodna. Son-in-law of Rabbi Shaul Katzenelbogen Av-Beit-Din of Kovrin. All nine sons and son-in-laws were famous rabbis and among the giants of their generation: Rabbi Avraham Yishayahu author of Chazon Ish, Rabbi Meir Karelitz Av Beit Din of Lechovich and among the heads of the Council of Torah Sages, Rabbi Abba Swiatycki Av Beit Din of Kosava and Tiktin, Rabbi Shmuel Greineman, Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky author of Kehilot Ya'akov (the Steipler). It is told that two world-renowned Torah giants studied this book together; the Chazon Ish and his brother-in-law the Steipler, while residing together in Bnei Brak.
38.5 cm. Fair condition, very worn. Detached leaves, torn and detached leather binding.