Bidspirit auction | CLASSICS. DRUSH V’CHIDDUSH R. AKIVA

CLASSICS. DRUSH V’CHIDDUSH R. AKIVA EIGER. FIRST EDITION. WARSAW 1839. FINE COPY. - CLASSICS. DRUSH V’CHIDDUSH R. AKIVA EIGER. FIRST EDITION. WARSAW 1839. FINE COPY. First edition of Drush V’Chiddush R. Akiva Eiger with novella and “Ma’arachos” on various tractates. Received to enormous acclaim. For generations, this sefer has been of the most widely learned Sifrei Achronim. R. Akiva Eiger-Ginz (1761-1836), was born in Eisenstadt into a Rabbinical family and was well known as a child prodigy. He studied in the Yeshiva of Mattersdorf, and following that in Breslau as a student of his maternal uncle R. Wolf Eiger. In 1791 he was appointed as Rav of Friedland where he remained until 1815, after which he became the Rav of Posen. He was world renowned as an outstanding Talmid Chochom, Posek and foremost leader of European Jewry during the early 19th century. His novella were received to great acclaim and remain classics of Torah scholarship, studied with great reverence. Among his children were his sons, R. Avrohom (1781-1853) and R. Shlomo (1785-1852), who was Rav in Kalisch, Poland and succeeded R. Akiva Eiger as Rav of Posen. His daughter Sorel (Eiger) Sofer (1790-1832) was the wife of the Chasam Sofer. Stefansky Hebrew Classics 81. Levenson press. Vinograd Warsaw 5368. 44, 38, 13 pages. 31.4 cm. Fine condition. Small hole on last six pages slightly affecting text. Modern binding. Opening bid $400