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(CHOFETZ CHAIM). Yisroel Meir Kagan of Radin. Mishnah Berurah. First Edition.  Complete in six volumes. * Vol. I: ff. 151. 1884. * Vol. II: ff. 154. 1896. * Vol. III: ff. 195. 1891. * Vol. IV: ff. 196-290. With marginal notes. 1898. * Vol. V: ff. 193, (1). 1902. * Vol. VI: ff. 164. 1907. Touch foxed in places, first vol. with various owner stamps, vols. 2-6 with signature on title: “R. Yehoshua b. Moshe Arye Rubinstein.” First volume in original boards and housed in modern folding case which matches the fine maroon calf binding that is uniform to the other five volumes. 4to. Warsaw - Piotrokow, Josef (ben Ya’akov Ze’ev) Unterhandler, 1884 - 1907. Sumptuously bound six-volume first edition set of the Mishneh Berurah - “The Posek Acharon.” The Chofetz Chaim wrote a stirring introduction to this fundamental text, the primary authority to Jewish daily living: “In order to rectify this situation regarding halachic knowledge, I have, with Hashem’s assistance, compiled a satisfactory commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, currently through Hilchos Tefillah. I have named it Mishnah Berurah and have with Hashem’s help elucidated every din in the Shulchan Aruch through its source in the Gemara and Poskim, so that it should not be a closed book… My hope to Hashem is that through this commentary, every individual will find clarity in the study in all of its details… Hashem should assist me in completing the commentary on the remainder of the halachos of this section of Shulchan Aruch, and He should strengthen my heart to serve Him. May we merit the comfort of Zion speedily in our days, Amen.” (Introduction to the first volume of Mishnah Berurah, Warsaw, 1884). R. Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838-1933) is universally acclaimed as the pre-eminent Halachic decisor and Tzaddik of the generation. His reputation as halachist par-excellence rests upon his “Mishnah Berurah, ” a commentary to Orach Chaim, the first section of Shulchan Aruch, focusing on the laws of prayer, synagogue, Shabbath and Festivals. The Chofetz Chaim was directly involved in the printing and distributing of his publications. See Dovi Safier & Yehuda Geberer, Mishpacha, issue 958: “The Chofetz Chaim spent significant time in Warsaw to oversee the publication of the Mishnah Berurah.” https://mishpacha.com/the-chofetz-chaim-comes-to-warsaw/