Bidspirit auction | Kol Aryeh. With the Haskamah

Kol Aryeh. With the Haskamah of R. Yisroel Salanter! First Edition. Yerusholayim 1866. - Novella on the Talmud by R. Aryeh Leib Charif of Homel. With two title-pages, each with woodcut vignettes of Holy Sites. Novella on various tractates of the Talmud by R. Aryeh Leib Charif. With many distinguished approbations including R. Eliyahu Mani of Chevron, R. Meir Leibish Malbim, R. Yisroel Salanter, R. Yaakov Ettlinger (Oruch L’Ner), R. Yehoshua Leib Diskin (while still residing in Kovno) and the sons of R. Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (Tzemach Tzedek). Published by the author’s grandson, R. Shneur Zalman, one of the leading figures of the Chabad community of Chevron, with financial support from Sir Abdullah Sassoon and his brothers, in memory of their father David Sassoon. In the preface the publisher extends his gratitude to Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler and to Sir Moses Montefiore. Yisroel Bak press. Ha’Levy 127. [4], 80 pages. 21 cm. Excellent condition. Antique binding. Opening bid $150