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Talmud Bavli, Zhitomir, 1858-1864. Complete Set. Original Leather Bindings
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Talmud Bavli, Zhitomir, 1858-1864. Complete Set. Original Leather Bindings
Babylonian Talmud with commentaries. Zhitomir, 1858-1864, printed by the rabbi of Slavuta's grandsons, Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapira.
Complete Sha"s, including Mishnayot Seder Zera'im and Seder Taharot, and including Avot and Masechtot Ketanot.
The Shapira's family press in Slavuta was shut down because of informants. It was reestablished in Zhitomir in 1847 by the rabbi of Slavuta's grandsons, Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, where it operated until 1864. The Sha"s was printed in yet a third edition at this press, with many supplements. The page layout [צורת הדף] is one of the most magnificent until that time. Some of the tractates have the work Meir Netiv by Rabbi Shabtai HaKohen added at the back. The Chazon Ish was known to have especially cherished using the Zhitomir Sha"s due to the Meir Netiv commentary that does not appear in other editions.
The books printed at Slavuta and Zhitomir are known to have special sanctity and segulah, and the printing tools and types were even immersed in a mikveh before the beginning of the printing process. It is known that possession of books from the Slavuta and Zhitomir presses is a segulah for protection of one's home and for success. Size: 37-39 cm (the volume with Tractate Berachot is smaller). Some of the volumes have two title pages at the beginning, some are red.
The first title page of Tractate Berachot is stained. Small blemish on the first title page of Tractate Zevachim.
The complete Sha"s is bound in 17 leather volumes with stickers the thickness of the volumes with the names of the tractates.
The process of printing the Sha"s, with all that this involves, took six years. The bindings may have been done by several different binders, hence the slight differences in the appearances of the bindings.
The condition of the leaves is very good in almost all the volumes. The condition of the leather bindings is good, with slight blemishes in the spines.
