Pri Chadash – Karlsruhe, 1757 – Copy of the Gaon of Kutno, Author of Zayit Raanan

Pri Chadash – Karlsruhe, 1757 – Copy of the Gaon of Kutno, Author of Zayit Raanan
Pri Chadash, on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and Even HaEzer (laws of Rosh Chodesh, Pesach, Yom Tov, Megillah and Gittin), by R. Chizkiyah da Silva. Karlsruhe: Johann Ludwig Jakob Held, [1757]. Third edition.
Copy of R. Moshe Yehuda Leib of Kutno author of Zayit Raanan, with his stamp on leaf 2. Additional stamp of his (deleted) on the title page, and inscription attesting that the book comes from the estate of the Gaon of Kutno. Stamp of the grandson of the Gaon of Kutno on the title page. Stamps of R. Zalman Sorotzkin Rabbi of Lutsk, and other stamps and inscriptions. Scholarly gloss in Oriental script on p. 51a.
R. Moshe Yehuda Leib Zylberberg of Kutno (1798-1865), author of Zayit Raanan and Tiferet Yerushalayim. A prominent Torah leader in Poland, he served as rabbi of Kutno and several other Polish cities. He immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1857, where he became one of the leading rabbis in Jerusalem.
[2], 82 leaves; 21 leaves (lacking 11 leaves at end – leaves 22-32 with indexes and commentaries on Sefer HaMada by the Rambam). 30 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Tears and worming, affecting text. Leaves trimmed with damage to headings in several places. New leather binding.

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