Sefer Beis Aharon v’Hosafot—Rabbi Abraham David ben Judah Leib Lawat. Signature and stamp of the author, the Rebbe ...

Sefer Beis Aharon v’Hosafot—Rabbi Abraham David ben Judah Leib Lawat. Signature and stamp of the author, the Rebbe of Lubavitch’s great-grandfather. First edition Vilna 1880

Sefer Beis Aharon v’Hosafot, a mareh mekomot and notes on verses from Tanach, Shas Bavli and Yerushalmi, and works of the Rishonim, by Rabbi Abraham David ben Judah Leib Lawat. First edition, Vilna 1880. [2] leaves, 360 pages.

Approbations from the Admor Maharash of Lubavitch. Two title pages. On the back of the approbation page the author lists an example to help understand his work. Detached bindings, stains and light defects, overall good condition.

The approbations page has the signature and stamp of the author, the Rebbe’s great-grandfather.

Rabbi Abraham David ben Judah Leib Lawat was the Rebbe of Chabad’s great-grandfather. Born in 1815 to Rabbi Yehuda Leib, when he was around 35 years old he was appointed motz in Nikolaiv, and around 10 years later he was appointed rabbi of the city and rabbi of around 40 villages in the area. He was Rosh of the Kollelim established by the Tzemach Tzedek and was close with the Tzemach Tzedek and Maharash, and at the end of his life he was in especially close correspondence with the latter regarding his works. The Maharash even wrote a glowing approbation on his work.

The Rebbe himself tells, in the introduction to his Sefer Kav Naki, what he heard from his mother, Rabbanit Chana, that “Rabbi Avraham David excelled with his sharp wisdom, amazing skills, and wide-ranging knowledge of the sea that is the Talmud.”