Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
Tractate Shekalim with Taklin Chadtin – First Edition – Minsk, 1812 – Wide-Margined Copy
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Tractate Shekalim of the Jerusalem Talmud, with the glosses of the Gaon of Vilna, and with the Taklin Chadtin and Mishnat Eliyahu commentaries, by R. Yisrael of Shklow, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna. Minsk, 1812. First edition. Title page printed in red and black.
With approbations by R. Chaim of Volozhin, R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow and R. Aharon HaLevi Segal of Shklow.
The Jerusalem Talmud was printed according to the text of the Gaon of Vilna, with his corrections. Older versions were printed in the margins (in places where they differ from the text of the Gaon of Vilna), together with Masoret HaShas.
The author, R. Yisrael of Shklow, was a disciple of the Gaon of Vilna and leader of the immigration of the disciples of the Gaon of Vilna to Eretz Israel (see item 106). On the title page and in the approbations, the author is referred to as "previously a maggid in Shklow, and presently residing in the Upper Galilee". This book was printed by the author during his trip to Europe to raise funds for the settlement of the disciples of the Gaon of Vilna in Eretz Israel. In his preface, R. Yisrael describes his wanderings and hopes to return to Eretz Israel. This preface also contains much valuable information about the history of the Gaon of Vilna and his disciples. Amongst others, he mentions the foremost disciple of the Gaon of Vilna – R. Chaim of Volozhin, with great reverence and submission.
A foreword by R. Chaim of Volozhin on the composition of the Gaon of Vilna on Order Zera'im is printed before the preface. The author's preface is followed by two responsa – halachic correspondence between R. Chaim of Volozhin and R. Akiva Eger (regarding someone who married a convert, and after her passing married her daughter). Another responsum by R. Chaim of Volozhin was printed at the end of the book.
Ownership inscriptions on the endpaper and title page, of R. "Tzvi Hirsh Telish" and of his son "Leib son of R. Tzvi Hirsh Telish". Stamp in Latin characters, from the town of Tykocin (Tiktin).
[5], 33, [1] leaves. 39 cm. Particularly wide margins. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Tears and minor worming. Marginal open tears and damage to all leaves, repaired. Large marginal open tear to leaf 25, affecting text, repaired with paper. One loose leaf. Stamp. Inscriptions. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 411.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
With approbations by R. Chaim of Volozhin, R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow and R. Aharon HaLevi Segal of Shklow.
The Jerusalem Talmud was printed according to the text of the Gaon of Vilna, with his corrections. Older versions were printed in the margins (in places where they differ from the text of the Gaon of Vilna), together with Masoret HaShas.
The author, R. Yisrael of Shklow, was a disciple of the Gaon of Vilna and leader of the immigration of the disciples of the Gaon of Vilna to Eretz Israel (see item 106). On the title page and in the approbations, the author is referred to as "previously a maggid in Shklow, and presently residing in the Upper Galilee". This book was printed by the author during his trip to Europe to raise funds for the settlement of the disciples of the Gaon of Vilna in Eretz Israel. In his preface, R. Yisrael describes his wanderings and hopes to return to Eretz Israel. This preface also contains much valuable information about the history of the Gaon of Vilna and his disciples. Amongst others, he mentions the foremost disciple of the Gaon of Vilna – R. Chaim of Volozhin, with great reverence and submission.
A foreword by R. Chaim of Volozhin on the composition of the Gaon of Vilna on Order Zera'im is printed before the preface. The author's preface is followed by two responsa – halachic correspondence between R. Chaim of Volozhin and R. Akiva Eger (regarding someone who married a convert, and after her passing married her daughter). Another responsum by R. Chaim of Volozhin was printed at the end of the book.
Ownership inscriptions on the endpaper and title page, of R. "Tzvi Hirsh Telish" and of his son "Leib son of R. Tzvi Hirsh Telish". Stamp in Latin characters, from the town of Tykocin (Tiktin).
[5], 33, [1] leaves. 39 cm. Particularly wide margins. Good-fair condition. Stains. Dampstains. Tears and minor worming. Marginal open tears and damage to all leaves, repaired. Large marginal open tear to leaf 25, affecting text, repaired with paper. One loose leaf. Stamp. Inscriptions. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 411.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Books of the Leading Disciples of the Gaon of Vilna
Books of the Leading Disciples of the Gaon of Vilna