Mizbe’ach Kapparah. Lemberg, 1861. Personal Copy of MaHaram Shapiro of Lublin, With His Handwritten Gloss.

Mizbe’ach Kapparah. Lemberg, 1861. Personal Copy of MaHaram Shapiro of Lublin, With His Handwritten Gloss.

Mizbe’ach Kapparah on Seder Kodshim with glosses and annotations by Rabbi Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathanson. At the end of the book is the booklet, Ronu LeYaakov, authored by Rabbi Yaakov son of R’ Avraham Fitoussi.

Nathan Michel Levine and Shimon Eliezer Kugil Press. Lemberg, 1861.

Pedigree copy owned by the MaHaram Shapiro of Lublin with important handwritten gloss.

Maharam Shapira’s personal stamp: “Meir Shapiro Hab”d and R”m Petrakov”. Also appears the stamp of his Yeshiva Gedolah “Bayit Eked Sefarim in Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin”.

Handwritten notation on the approbation page: “HaRav HaGaon HaMuvhak HaMefursam Moreinu HaRabi Meir Shapira…”

On leaf 26 appears a handwritten gloss in his holy handwriting.

Rabbi Meir Shapira (1887-1933) was famed from his youth for his brilliance and was referred to as the Genius of Shatz. He served as Rabbi of a number of towns including Galina, Sanok, Petrakov and finally in Lublin. He was one of the most influential Rabbinical figures of Pre-war Poland.

Rabbi Shapira founded Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin which became a flagship institution in Poland. At the momentous Knessiah gathering, Rabbi Shapiro launched the ‘Daf Yomi’ initiative, which myriads of Jews around the world participate in today. As part of his fundraising efforts to establish Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin, Rabbi Shapiro travelled to the United States. He was most active in Agudat Yisrael of Poland, and at the behest of the Admor of Gur, he served in the Polish Parliament representing his brethren, and was greatly respected by the leading Torah luminaries.

[2] 59, [2] 21 leaves. 37 cm. Good – very good condition. Stains. New, half-leather binding.