Shevet MiYehudah. The Gr"a's Disciple, the Maggid of Polotsk. Vilna, 1803. First Edition. Especially Rare!

Shevet MiYehudah. The Gr"a's Disciple, the Maggid of Polotsk. Vilna, 1803. First Edition. Especially Rare!

Shevet MiYehudah al Sefer Mishlei by Rabbi Pinchas b"r Yehudah - the maggid of Polotsk, the Gr"a's renowned disciple. Text of Sefer Misheli with the extensive commentary, 'Shevet MiYehudah'

On the title page: With the crown he was granted ... the rabbi and  darshan ... Pinchas son of Rabbi Yehudah,   maggid meisharim of Polotsk, who  darshened each and every passuk ... in Mishlei, with allegories, poetic words and riddles ... from Chaza"l's words ... and called it 'Shevet MiYehudah' after his father ...The maggid of Polotsk cites the Gr"a In his  sefarim, and in several places he refers to him as "my teacher." In this  sefer here as well, he cites the Gr'a in 13:9, 13:20, 21:19, 23:28.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of  Rabbi Pinchas son of Yehudah.

More material included.

The list of subscribers at the beginning of the  sefer mentions the Gr'a's sons and disciples: his sons Rabbi Aryeh (Yehudah Leib) and Rabbi Avraham; and his disciples Rabbi Abele Fussweiler, Rabbi Avraham Danzig - author of Chayyei Adam, and Rabbi Ya'akov Kahana. The  sefer was printed five years after the Gr"a's passing.

Otzar Sifrei HaGr'a 1589.

[2], 70 leaf, 20 cm. Blue paper.

Moderate-fine condition. Slight blemishes in the final three leaves with damage to the text, Stains. Minimal worming perforations. New semi-leather binding.