One of the last Seforim that were printed in Slavuta! Tractate Shabbat of the Bavli Talmud.


Slavita, [Rabbi Moshe Shapira Rabbi of Slavita, and son] Rabbi Shmuel Avraham Shapira, 1836.


This Talmud volume was printed in 1836, at the height of the famous polemic between the printers of Slavita and those of Vilna, and it is one before the last volume of this edition to be printed. It is also one of the last volumes printed in the Slavita printing press before its tragic closure. This volume is part of the fourth edition of the Slavita Talmud, of which only the printing of Tractates Berachot, Shabbat and Eruvin were completed (in the middle of the printing of Tractate Pesachim, the press was shut down by the Russian authorities, following the infamous libel).


In response to the rumors propagated by the Vilna printers that rabbis excommunicated anyone who buys the Slavita Talmud, the approbations in the Eruvin volume contain many blessings for those who purchase this Talmud edition, including blessings for "sons, life and sustenance".


Important antique marginal notations.


[2], 195, 43, [1] Leaves. 

37.5 Cm.

Fair- Bad condition. repairs made to title page, small tears along the edges of pages affecting text, and missing text throughout, heavy stains, last page missing upper half, text block partially detached from binding, original leather binding badly damaged.

Without 88 leaves of Rav Alfes.

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Tractate Shabat, Slavita 1836 – Approbations and Letters Relating to the Slavita-Vilna Polemic. Antique marginal notations.

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