Auction 78 - Rare and Important Items
Sidrei Taharot on Tractate Kelim – The "Talmud" Compiled by the Rebbe of Radzin – Józefów, 1873 – First Edition – Map of Eretz Israel – Stamp of the Author
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Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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Sidrei Taharot on Tractate Kelim, by Rebbe Gershon Chanoch Henich Leiner, rabbi of Radzin (Radzyń Podlaski). Józefów, 1873. First edition.
Sidrei Taharot is an original, comprehensive and brilliant work on Tractate Kelim. Since there is neither Babylonian nor Jerusalem Talmud on Tractate Kelim, the author compiled a kind of "Gemara". The center of the page is occupied by the text of the Mishnah, followed by all the teachings of the Babylonian Talmud, Jerusalem Talmud and Midrashim pertaining to that Mishnah. The text of the Mishnah and Talmud is flanked by two commentaries from the author and compiler – one lengthy and one brief. The lengthy commentary is a discussion of the opinions of the Rishonim and Acharonim on the topic, and the brief commentary is a concise explanation of the words. The work is structured in a similar style to that of the Talmud – each Mishnah is followed by the word "Gemara", and the text even parallels the typography of the Talmudic tractates (the body of the text, in square typeface, occupies the center of the page, and is flanked by a brief commentary similar to Rashi on one side, and a lengthier commentary replicating Tosafot, on the other – both in Rashi script. Ein Mishpat and Masoret HaShas are printed in the margins). A great controversy arose at the time surrounding this work. Some of the rabbis of Vilna published a statement opposing the work, as a matter of principle, concerned that a composition so closely resembling the Gemara might eventually be mistaken as an integral part of the Talmud. On the other hand, the work earned the approbations of many of the leading Torah scholars of the generation. Due to the opposition it engendered, the heading "Sefer Sidrei Taharot" was added at the top of each page of Part II, with a notice at the foot of each page that the work is "compiled from the teachings of the Tana'im and Amora'im" (see in more detail in Kedem Auction 70, sidebar near item 165).
A folded plate at the end of the book features a map of Eretz Israel, showing the borders of the land. Stamp of the author on the plate: "Gershon Chanoch Henich Leiner, son of the holy rabbi of Izhbitza".
Many ownership inscriptions on the title page and back endpaper of "the Chassid R. Yitzchak son of R. Toviah Naftali Hertz Glickman", attesting that he was a Chassid of the author Rebbe Gershon Chanoch Henich, and listing the lineage of R. Yitzchak Glickman up to R. Yonah Nachum Katz brother of the Shach, and his father-in-law R. Shmuel Kaidanover author of Birkat HaZevach.
[10], 540, 543-544 pages + [1] folded plate (map). 37 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor wear and small marginal tears to first and final leaves. Marginal creases to some leaves. Map in overall good condition. Stains, primarily to upper part of map. Small tears to some folds and small tear to edge of map, without loss, repaired. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 434.
Sidrei Taharot is an original, comprehensive and brilliant work on Tractate Kelim. Since there is neither Babylonian nor Jerusalem Talmud on Tractate Kelim, the author compiled a kind of "Gemara". The center of the page is occupied by the text of the Mishnah, followed by all the teachings of the Babylonian Talmud, Jerusalem Talmud and Midrashim pertaining to that Mishnah. The text of the Mishnah and Talmud is flanked by two commentaries from the author and compiler – one lengthy and one brief. The lengthy commentary is a discussion of the opinions of the Rishonim and Acharonim on the topic, and the brief commentary is a concise explanation of the words. The work is structured in a similar style to that of the Talmud – each Mishnah is followed by the word "Gemara", and the text even parallels the typography of the Talmudic tractates (the body of the text, in square typeface, occupies the center of the page, and is flanked by a brief commentary similar to Rashi on one side, and a lengthier commentary replicating Tosafot, on the other – both in Rashi script. Ein Mishpat and Masoret HaShas are printed in the margins). A great controversy arose at the time surrounding this work. Some of the rabbis of Vilna published a statement opposing the work, as a matter of principle, concerned that a composition so closely resembling the Gemara might eventually be mistaken as an integral part of the Talmud. On the other hand, the work earned the approbations of many of the leading Torah scholars of the generation. Due to the opposition it engendered, the heading "Sefer Sidrei Taharot" was added at the top of each page of Part II, with a notice at the foot of each page that the work is "compiled from the teachings of the Tana'im and Amora'im" (see in more detail in Kedem Auction 70, sidebar near item 165).
A folded plate at the end of the book features a map of Eretz Israel, showing the borders of the land. Stamp of the author on the plate: "Gershon Chanoch Henich Leiner, son of the holy rabbi of Izhbitza".
Many ownership inscriptions on the title page and back endpaper of "the Chassid R. Yitzchak son of R. Toviah Naftali Hertz Glickman", attesting that he was a Chassid of the author Rebbe Gershon Chanoch Henich, and listing the lineage of R. Yitzchak Glickman up to R. Yonah Nachum Katz brother of the Shach, and his father-in-law R. Shmuel Kaidanover author of Birkat HaZevach.
[10], 540, 543-544 pages + [1] folded plate (map). 37 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor wear and small marginal tears to first and final leaves. Marginal creases to some leaves. Map in overall good condition. Stains, primarily to upper part of map. Small tears to some folds and small tear to edge of map, without loss, repaired. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 434.
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