Bidspirit auction | Beit Levi. First Edition, Zhovkva

Beit Levi. First Edition, Zhovkva 1732 – with approbations by the Ma’aseh Rokeach and the Kenesset Yechezkel. - Sefer Beit Levi by the Gaon Rabbi Levi, son of Rabbi Shlomo of the community of Brody. Contains halachic novellae resolving difficulties in Rashi and Tosafot, as well as explanations of aggadic passages. Only Edition, Zhovkva, 1732. Printed by Aharon and Gershon, sons of Chaim David Segal. Includes novellae in halacha and aggadah on most tractates of the Talmud. In his introduction, the author notes that the Maharsha regretted having separated his halachic and aggadic writings, and therefore the author chose to combine them. The work received positive approbation from the scholars of Brody. It also contains novellae from his uncle, Rabbi Gabriel, Av Beit Din of Rohatyn, and Rabbi Yitzchak, Av Beit Din of Pozna. Includes important approbations from leading rabbis of the generation: Rabbi Yitzchak Segal Landau, Av Beit Din of Zhovkva; Rabbi Elazar Rokeach of Kraków, Av Beit Din of Brody (author of Ma’aseh Rokeach); Rabbi Yitzchak Zelig, known as “Kara, ” Av Beit Din of Głogów, Kalisz, and Breslau; Rabbi Naftali son of Rabbi Yehuda Leib, Av Beit Din of Medzhybizh; Rabbi Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen, Av Beit Din of Altona–Hamburg–Wandsbek; Rabbi Moshe Chagiz; Rabbi Naftali Cohen of Prague, Av Beit Din of Głogów; and Rabbi Bendit Wiesel, Av Beit Din of Breslau. The author, Rabbi Levi Shor (Rabbi Levi, son of Rabbi Shlomo; ca. 1680–1752), served as a dayan and halachic decisor in Brody and was considered one of its leading sages. He authored Beit Levi and Ateret Shlomo. He was the son of Rabbi Shlomo, one of the sages of Brody, and a descendant of Rabbi Avraham Chaim Shor, author of Torat Chaim, and Rabbi Alexander Shor, author of Tevuot Shor. During his tenure in Brody, he served as a dayan and halachic authority, and in 1752 he expressed opposition in a letter to Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschütz. In his later years, he moved to Stanisławów, where he passed away. [2], 58 leaves. Pagination somewhat irregular. 30.8 cm.