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”Divrey geonim” Ungvar, 1870 First Edition. Handwritten glosses by The Gaon Rav Aryeh Leibush Horovitz, Author of Harei Besamim and Rabbi Alter Shaul Pepper - ”Divrey geonim” Ungvar, 1870 First Edition. Handwritten glosses by The Gaon Rav Aryeh Leibush Horovitz, Author of Harei Besamim and Rabbi Alter Shaul Pepper with the approvals of the ”Yitav Lev”, the author of the kitzur Shulchan aruch, the Maharam Shik and more. Ungvar, 1870 The Gaon Rav Aryeh Leibush Horovitz, Av Beis Din of Stanislau, Author of Harei Besamim (5607-5669) One of the greatest Poskim in Galicia of his generation. In his youth he learned from the Gaon Rav Chaim of Sanz. He is renowned in the Torah world for his series of sefarim called ”Harei Besamim”, which earned themselves a place of honor on the shelf of Rabbinical literature. He served as Rav of Stryi for 26 years and after his father's passing was called to take his place as Rav of Stanislau. [Wender, Meorei Galicia volume 2 pages 183-190] The great Gaon Rabbi Alter Shaul Pepper ( 1874-1936), one of the greatest Meshivim of the USA, author of Shut Avnei Zikaron. In his youth was a leading disciple of the Gaon Rabbi Aryeh leibush Horowitz, Av Beit Din of Stryj. After his marriage, served as Av Beit Din of Bitshkov. In 1912, he immigrated to the USA where he served as Rav of the large Beit Midrash of the Hungarian community and as president of the committee of rabbis of the USA. נייר יבש