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Feb 1, 2022
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LOT 83:

Gemara that Belonged to the Gaon Rabbi Shimon Sofer with a Gloss that Mentions the Chata"m Sofer

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Gemara that Belonged to the Gaon Rabbi Shimon Sofer with a Gloss that Mentions the Chata"m Sofer


Volume of Seder Moed from the Talmud Yerushalmi. Tractates: Yuma, Shekalim, Sukkah, Rosh HaShanah, Beitzah, Ta'anit, Meggilah, Chagigah. Printed by Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, Zhitomir, 1862. Copy that belonged to the 'Hitorerut Teshuvah' of Erlau.


Owner's signature at the top of the title page written by Rabbi Shimon Sofer, av beit din of Erlau and beloved son of the Ktav Sofer, "LaHashem HaAretz U'Melo'ah, the youth Shimon son of the gaon Sh. B. Sofer." On Tractate Megillah page 10b, the following appears in a handwritten gloss: "Look into this more in Shu"t Chata"m Sofer section 8." The gloss refers to his grandfather, the Chata"m Sofer, where he deals with the same topic (see the enclosed photocopy). 


Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the sacred gaon Rabbi Shimon Sofer.


Specifications: Large volume, thick and impressive, of the Jerusalem Talmud, Seder Moed. Sacred and sought-after Zhitomir edition. Title page in red and black ink.

Fine condition. Usage marks. Lacking the last leaf.


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