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Marginalia by the Gaon Rabbi David Sperber of Braşov. Divrei Chaim , Munkács 1892. Notation in the name of the Imrei Yosef or Chakal Yitzchak of Spinka. - Sefer Divrei Chaim Sheimot Gittin. Second Edition, Munkács 1892. 8 marginal notations in the hand of Rabbi David Sperber Ab''d Brashov. The one on page 75 ends ''Heard from the Gaon & Tzadik the Rav of Spinka Shlit''a'' The famed Rabbi David Sperber, known as the ‘Gaon of Brashov ’ was a prominent Romanian rabbi and respondent who lived prior to the Holocaust. He learned Torah by Rabbi Meir Arik, and Chassidus by the Admor Rabbi Moshe Hager of Kossov. In later years, the Admor appointed him to edit his important sefer ”Leket Ani.” Rabbi David immigrated to Eretz Yisrael where he served as a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah until his passing in 1962. [3], 92 Leaves. 37.5 Cm.