Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
Ya'ir Kino on Tractate Kinnim – Book Declared by the Gaon of Vilna as a True Interpretation of the Torah – Vilna, 1861
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Ya'ir Kino, two commentaries on Tractate Kinnim, Siach HaSadeh and Lekach Tov, by R. Menachem Eliezer Günstling of Vilna. Vilna, 1861.
This book was declared by the gaon of Vilna as a true interpretation of the Torah. This testimony is brought in Aliyot Eliyahu (comment 107), in the name of R. Eliyahu Ragoler Rabbi of Kalisch, who heard it from R. Chaim of Volozhin. According to the testimony, the author visited the Gaon of Vilna and showed him the book. The Gaon of Vilna requested that he leave it with him, and studied it throughout the night. The next morning, when R. Chaim of Volozhin came to see the Gaon of Vilna, the latter highly lauded the author and the book, stating that it is a true interpretation of the Torah (see quotation of the testimony in Hebrew description).
The author, R. Menachem Eliezer Günstling, a leading Torah scholar in his times, was the son of R. Levi son of R. David of Koden, author of Ateret Rosh, and brother-in-law of R. Menachem Mendel of Lublin, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna. R. Menachem Eliezer was a disciple of R. Shlomo of Vilkomir, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna (listed second in the list of disciples of the Gaon of Vilna in the foreword by the sons of the Gaon of Vilna to Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim. He is placed before the brother of R. Chaim of Volozhin – R. Zalman of Volozhin). For further information about R. Menachem Eliezer, see: E. Katzman, R. Menachem Mendel Disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, Yeshurun, IV, 1999, pp. 367-369.
[2], 37 leaves. 28.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Tears and damage to several leaves. Open tear to title page, affecting text. Title page detached. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. Old binding, detached and broken.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
This book was declared by the gaon of Vilna as a true interpretation of the Torah. This testimony is brought in Aliyot Eliyahu (comment 107), in the name of R. Eliyahu Ragoler Rabbi of Kalisch, who heard it from R. Chaim of Volozhin. According to the testimony, the author visited the Gaon of Vilna and showed him the book. The Gaon of Vilna requested that he leave it with him, and studied it throughout the night. The next morning, when R. Chaim of Volozhin came to see the Gaon of Vilna, the latter highly lauded the author and the book, stating that it is a true interpretation of the Torah (see quotation of the testimony in Hebrew description).
The author, R. Menachem Eliezer Günstling, a leading Torah scholar in his times, was the son of R. Levi son of R. David of Koden, author of Ateret Rosh, and brother-in-law of R. Menachem Mendel of Lublin, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna. R. Menachem Eliezer was a disciple of R. Shlomo of Vilkomir, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna (listed second in the list of disciples of the Gaon of Vilna in the foreword by the sons of the Gaon of Vilna to Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim. He is placed before the brother of R. Chaim of Volozhin – R. Zalman of Volozhin). For further information about R. Menachem Eliezer, see: E. Katzman, R. Menachem Mendel Disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, Yeshurun, IV, 1999, pp. 367-369.
[2], 37 leaves. 28.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Tears and damage to several leaves. Open tear to title page, affecting text. Title page detached. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. Old binding, detached and broken.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Books with Approbations by the Gaon of Vilna
and Books Quoting His Teachings in His Lifetime
Books with Approbations by the Gaon of Vilna
and Books Quoting His Teachings in His Lifetime