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Knesset Yisrael, by the Gaon R. Gedalia Lipschitz. First Edition, Breslau 1818. - Sefer Knesset Yisrael, by the gaon Rabbi Gedalia Lipschitz, father of the renowned gaon, author of Tiferet Yisrael. First Edition. Breslau, 1818. Containing novellae and original insights on the six orders of the Mishnah; on the 613 commandments; on Sefer Yetzirah and the “secrets of the Torah”; and on additional subjects. The great Gaon Rabbi Gedaliah Lifshitz, Av Beit Din of Cleve and Chodzież (1746-1826). Served as Av Beit Din of Emden, then Obrzycko, and finally Chodzież. An exceptional scholar, ordained at age 24 by the Sha’agat Aryeh. Father and mentor of Rabbi Yisrael Lifshitz, author of Tiferet Yisrael on the Mishnah, which remains a fundamental commentary printed in hundreds of editions. In the introduction to Seder Nashim, the Tiferet Yisrael writes about his father: ”All this I owe to the guidance of my master and father, the crown of my head, my teacher and holy rabbi… Already in my youth, he urged me to study Mishnayot diligently every day…” Rabbi Gedaliah passed away in 1826. (For more biographical details, see: Mordechai Meir, ”Rabbi Gedaliah Lifshitz, Father of the Tiferet Yisrael, ” Yeshurun 18, pp. 884–903.) [1], 50 leaves. 21.3 cm.