Sefer "Kav Naki", by Rabbi A. D. Lavut (Forefather of the Lubavitcher Rebbe) – Warsaw, 1868 – With Correction ...

Sefer "Kav Naki", by Rabbi A. D. Lavut (Forefather of the Lubavitcher Rebbe) – Warsaw, 1868 – With Correction leaves and Sefer Hashlmat Hasdarim – Copy of R. Dov Aryeh Ritter Rabbi of Rotterdam

Sefer Kav Naki, on "Sidrei Gittin" and "Hilchot Gittin", by Rabbi Avraham David Lavut. Warsaw: Nathan Schriftgiesser, 1868. First edition. Two parts; two title pages to part I; separated title page to part II.

The Author - R. Avraham David Lavut (1815-1890; forefather of the Lubavitcher Rebbe), Rabbi of Nikolayev, and a prominent Chabad Rabbi. He was a close disciple of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch and his son, the Rebbe Maharash.

With approbation by Rabbi Baruch Shalom Schneerson, eldest son of the Tzemach Tzedek and great-great-grandfather of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Approbation by Rabbi Yosef Tumarkin (1813-1874), of the “lions” among the Tzemach Tzedek’s disciples, Rabbi of Soran and Kremenchuk.

Bound with: corrections and omissions leaves (Odessa, 1870); First edition of Sefer Hashlamat Hasdarim – Mahadura Batra to "Sidrei Gittin" and "Hilchot Gittin" (Vilna: Yehuda Leib Mac, 1885).

Handwritten glosses in several leaves. On second title page, signature of R. Dov Aryeh (Bernhard Löbel) Ritter, Rabbi of Rotterdam (1855-1935), a prominent Torah leader in the Netherlands. He exchanged correspondence on halachic and communal matters with Torah leaders worldwide. His exceptional erudition led him to expose the forgery of the Jerusalem Talmud Kodashim.

Part I: [4], 4-26, [1], 27-59 ff. Part II: [1], 2-39, [2] ff. Hashlamat Hasdarim: [2], 3-12 ff.

29.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains and mold stains to some leaves. Browning to Hashlamat Hasdarim. Stamps. New leather binding.

PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to the Hebrew text.