Bidspirit auction | Tiv Gittin, from ”RAV TZVI

Tiv Gittin, from ”RAV TZVI HIRSH CHARIF” - Zholkva 1844, First Edition * Copy of Gaon Rav Avraham Aharon Yudelevitz. - The Gaon Maharar Tzevi Hirsch Heller ZT”L (known as R' Tzevi Hirsch Charif; 1776 - 25th of Tishrei 1834) was Rosh Yeshiva in Brody and Rabbi in Ungvár and Bonyhád. In the last months of his life, he was Rabbi of Obuda. He is known for his book ”Tiv Gittin”. He was born in Zamość, Poland, to R' Aryeh Leib and Hindel. His father was the head of the Beit Din in Zamość and later the Rabbinical Head of Rawa. His nephew was HaGaon R' Mordechai Mardush Weinreb, and his niece, Rabbanit Liba Malia, was the wife of HaGaon R' Shlomo Kluger. He married Mrs. Chaya. After his marriage, he lived in Jarosław and studied there in the Beit Midrash with Rabbi Yaakov Ornstein. At a very young age, he was appointed Rabbi of Brzeg. Initially, he was counted among the 'Mitnagdim' (opponents) of Chassidut, but towards the end of his life, although he did not join the Chassidic movement, he ceased to oppose it and even maintained good relations with the Maor V'Shemesh and gave an approbation to his book. In 1819, he was appointed Rosh Yeshiva in Brody, a yeshiva opened in an attempt to attract students from the community so that they would not study in the school that was to be established in the city in the spirit of the Jewish Enlightenment movement. Due to an accusation by the heads of the real school that he was teaching forbidden books, he was expelled from the city by the authorities. He immigrated to Hungary and was appointed Rabbi of Ungvár. He was the founder of the Ungvár Yeshiva, which over the years became one of the largest yeshivas in Hungary. In Ungvár, he took Shlomo Ganzfried into his home, who was orphaned as a child from both his parents, and became his student and protégé. From Ungvár, he was invited to serve as Rabbi of Bonyhád in place of Rabbi Wolf Boskowitz. But after several years, he returned to Ungvár. In exchange for relinquishing the city's rabbinate, the Ungvár community paid the debts of the Bonyhád community, which amounted to two thousand gold coins. A short time after returning to Ungvár, he moved to serve as Rabbi of Óbuda (Old Buda), which had not yet united with Budapest, a position that became vacant with the passing of Rabbi Moshe Mintz. At the request of the Ungvár community, the Óbuda community paid the amount required to cover Bonyhád's debts. However, he did not live long in Óbuda, and passed away on the 25th of Tishrei 1834, October 28, 1834. A year after his passing, his widow married Rabbi Moshe Sofer, ”the Chasam Sofer”. His son, Rabbi Menachem Dov Heller, was the Rabbi of the Almás community in Hungary (passed away in 1859). Among his students: Rabbi Tzevi Hirsch of Liska - author of ”Ach Pri Tevu'ah”, Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried. * * * * * In the book is the stamp of Rabbi Avraham Aharon Yudelevitz (1850 - 5th of Shevat 1930), an alumnus of the Volozhin Yeshiva. Rabbi in Manchester and Boston, and later Rabbi and Av Beis Din of Kehilat Adat Yeshurun synagogue of the people of Lubavitch in New York, Chief Rabbi of the Association of Communities in New York, and President of the Rabbinical Council of the United States and Canada.