Tur, Choshen Mishpat volume 6, Konigsberg, 1861 Edition.
Stamps: "Rabbi Yaakov Meir Biderman, member of the Rabbinical Council of Warsaw"
Signature of his grandson, the Admor the holy Rebbi Pinchas Menachem Alter of Gur: "Blessed be He who has granted me, Pinchas Menachem Alter, from the holy city of Jerusalem, may it be built and established speedily."
And his stamps: "Pinchas Menachem Alter, Jerusalem, 5 Sefat Emet Street"
On the margins of the volume, several glosses in the handwriting of the Pnei Menachem.
One gloss in an older handwriting, perhaps from one of the Admors of Gur.
With the sefer Beit Chadash, published in the aforementioned edition.
With his stamps: "Pinchas Menachem Alter, Jerusalem, 5 Sefat Emet Street."
A gloss in the handwriting of the Pnei Menachem.
One gloss in an older handwriting, perhaps from one of the Admors of Gur.
On the flyleaf, a stamp of Rabbi Yaakov Meir Biderman and a inscription: "The distinguished groom Akiva Yaakov Eybeshitz, son of the esteemed R’ Yeshaya Natan, may he live."
The Gaon & Chassid Rabbi Yaakov Meir Biderman (1870-1941, perished in the Holocaust Hy”d), a profound scholar, son-in-law and editor of the works of the Admor of Gur, the author of "Sefat Emet". He served as a dayan and member of the Rabbinical Council in the city of Warsaw. Rabbi Yaakov Meir was among the closest followers of the House of Gur, and headed the "Kupat Rambam" [Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes] in Poland. He and his brother-in-law Rabbi Mendel of Pabianice were involved in mediating peace and negotiations with all sides in the leadership of the Kollel, and the matters also indirectly involved other disagreements between the Hasidic courts in Poland: Gur and Alexander, Piotrków, Amshinov and other Hasidic groups. Rabbi Yaakov Meir was the father-in-law, in a second marriage, of the Admor of Gur, the author of "Imrei Emet" (from this marriage was born the Admor, Rebbi Pinchas Menachem, the author of "Pnei Menachem"), and the father-in-law, in the first marriage, of the Admor of the "Beit Yisrael". Thus, he was the son-in-law of the Sefat Emet, the brother-in-law and father-in-law of the Imrei Emes, the uncle and father-in-law of the Beit Yisrael, and the grandfather of the Pnei Menachem.
His grandson Rebbe Pinchos Menachem Alter (1926 –1996) (Pnei Menachem), was the sixth Rebbe of the Chasidic dynasty of Gur, a position he held from 1992 until his death in 1996. He was the youngest son of the Imrei Emes. In the 1950s, he was appointed Rosh Yeshiva of Sfas Emes, the flagship yeshiva of Gur in Jerusalem. World renowned as an eminent Talmid Chochom and great Chassidic Rebbe.
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[4], 246, [1], 63 Leaves. 37.7 cm.
Overall Great condition, some stains and water stains, a couple marginal tears, original brown leather binding damaged, lacking spine.
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