Sefer Tosafot Shabbat with Mahadura Batra—a work on the Shulchan Aruch and Rema regarding the laws of Shabbat by Rabbi Raphael ben Chaim Meisels, . This is one of the foundational works on the laws of Shabbat.
First edition of the Mahadura Batra. Zolkiew, 1806. With important approbations by the Gaonim: Rabbi Yaakov Ornstein, Av Beit Din of Lviv; Rabbi Meir Kristianpoller, Av Beit Din of Brody; Rabbi Betzalel ben Meir Margaliot, Av Beit Din of Ostroh; and Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margaliot of Brody.
Ownership inscription on the title page ”This sefer belongs to the famous Chasid Moreinu Yitzchak Meir N”y”
Alongside is the signature of his father-in-law the wealthy Rabbi Moshe Lifshitz.
The sefer was shown to the Maven Rabbi Shmerel Tzitronenbaum from Brooklyn & he approved it.
The holy Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, the first Admo"r of Gur, author of Chiddushei HaRi"m (1799-1866) was one of the Torah giants of his generation and a prominent Chassidic leader of Polish Jewry. In 1859, when the Kotzker Rebbe died, the Chiddushei HaRi"m was appointed to replace him and moved to the town of Gur. He was renowned as one of the great Torah geniuses of his generation, and wrote many compositions and responsa, halacha and aggada. He died in 1866 and four years later his grandson, Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib Alter, author of the Sefat Emet, was crowned the second Admo"r of the Gur dynasty.
Rabbi Moshe Lifshitz (died Cheshvan 1830), one of the leaders of the Warsaw Jewish community. He was the father-in-law of the first Rebbe of Gur, Rebbe Yitzchak Meir Alter, author of "Chidushei HaRim" and of Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. [The sefer "Siach Sarfei Kodesh" contains many stories about R. Moshe’s great holiness]. He was a disciple of the Maggid of Kozhnitz and the Chozeh of Lublin, both of whom were involved in arranging a match with his son-in-law the Chidushei HaRim.
[1], 123, 8 Leaves. 36 cm.
Overall Good condition, some marginal water stains, few frayed corners, new brown leather binding
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