Sidrei Taharot, Part I - 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, comprised of all the teachings in the Babylonian Talmud, Jerusalem Talmud and Midrashim pertaining to each Mishnah in this tractate. The text of the Mishnah and "Gemara" are flanked by two commentaries from the author and compiler - one lengthy and one brief. The work is also structured in a similar style to that of the Talmud.
A great controversy arose at the time surrounding this work. Concerned that a composition so closely resembling the Gemara might eventually be mistaken as an integral part of the Talmud, some of the rabbis of Vilna issued a public statement against it. On the other hand, the work earned the approbations of many of the leading Torah scholars of the generation.
Title page printed in red and black.
Stamp of the author's son, Rebbe Mordechai Yosef Elazar Leiner of Radzin, on the title page.
[10], 540, 543-544 pages. Without map. 37.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor wear. Tears to several leaves. Open tears to title page and following leaf, repaired with paper. Inner margin of title page reinforced with paper, affecting border. Marginal open tears to leaves 84 and 94, slightly affecting text (one tear repaired with paper). Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 434.