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LOT 275:

Ma'adanei Aretz, First Edition. Dedication by the Author, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, in his Hand

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Ma'adanei Aretz, First Edition. Dedication by the Author, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, in his Hand


Ma'adanei Aretz - the halachahs of Shemittah. Part I. Jerusalem, 1944. The leaf before the title page bears a warm dedication by the author, the gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, to the gaon Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky - rosh yeshivah of Etz Chaim, the yeshivah at which Rabbi Shlomo Zalman studied from his earliest youth until adulthood.


Before us is one of the earliest books [the second] by the Posek HaDor, the gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach. This book of his, written when he was a young married scholar just 34 years old, earned him his claim to fame and he became the authority on Land-of-Israel-dependant commandments. From then to this day, there is no one who deals in this field who does not consult this important book. The book is accompanied by important approbations from the giants of Jerusalem, who even then already understood the true character of this avreich, the author, predicting his glowing future.


Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach [1910-1995] was a rosh yeshivah of Kol Torah and one of the greatest halachic adjudicators of the previous generation. He was called Posek HaDor for his rulings whose authority went unchallenged by the entire Jewish people in all sectors. While he was yet young, he published this book before us, Ma'adanei Aretz,  that deals with Land-of-Israel-dependant commandments, and since then, he is considered the authority on this field (along with other Torah fields). The gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach was renowned for his modesty, his gentleness and his shining countenance. He never agreed to serve in an official rabbinic position. His funeral was attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners.


[12], 296 pp, 32.

Fine-very fine condition. Brittle paper. Partially detached flyleaf. Original binding with slight wear to the spine.


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