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The Pillar of Gemara Study Maharsha  First Edition. Basel, 1600 * First sefer of Maharsha to be printed! Maharsha on Masechtos Beitzah and Yevamos. Complete sefer of chiddushim of the Maharsha, Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer Edeles, on Masechtos Beitzah and Yevamos. This was the very first complete sefer printed by the Maharsha and is of great rarity! (It was preceded only by a 6-leaf pamphlet without a title page, printed in Prague, 1598, containing chiddushim on Maseches Yevamos for Daf 2-13 only). The Maharsha’s chiddushim were published at the request of his talmidim during his lifetime, organized by the order studied in his yeshivah without his name. Initially printed in segments over thirty years, they were later compiled into a single masterpiece and ultimately included in the Gemara, becoming well-known among Gemara learners today. Basel, 1600. First edition. Page Count: 50 leaves. Page Size: 19 cm. Condition: Small hole on most leaves, between the columns, with minor damage to text. New leather binding. Bibliography: Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod #65 Written with Ruach Hakodesh The Maharsha’s chiddushim on Shas are renowned for their depth and razor-sharp precision that clarify the very essence of the Gemara. They were universally accepted as foundational to the study and clarification of pshat of the Gemara, Rashi and Tosfos. Gedolei Yisrael throughout the generations effusively praised his works, describing them as “illuminating our eyes in all of Shas” (Shu”t Noda B’Yehudah, Even Haezer Ch. 31), to the extent that many postulated that they were written with ruach hakodesh (She’eris Yisrael by Rabbi Yisrael of Vilednik citing the Baal Shem Tov; Pri Megadim in Rosh Yosef). The Chazon Ish lamented that the last generation abandoned the study of the Maharsha, losing their knowledge of the pshat and becoming accustomed to learning superficially. (Igros Chazon Ish, Part 1, Letter A)