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Rare Books on the Talmud - Jerusalem Printing Presses - a. Higayon HaTalmud – Elucidation of the main topics and the principles of the halachot in tractate Brachot, part one – on the first three chapters. By Rabbi Ephraim Michael Gerber. Jerusalem, 1936. b. Ashira L'Hashem, part one – novaelle on the Bible according to the simple meaning and a small amount according to the Kabbalistic approach, part two – questions and explanations on some of the tractates and a little mussar. By Rabbi Shalom ben Rafael Gabbai. Jerusalem, 1895. c. Nechamot Eretz Yisrael – a commentary on the mishnayot of tractate Peah with the text, with a commentary on the commentaries from the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds and practical halacha from the early and later sages. By Rabbi Nachum ben Rabbi Moshe Aharon, a Maggid in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 1908. Many approbations from the great Rabbis of Jerusalem. d. Chut HaMeshulash, Birkei Yosef, two parts. Part one – pilpulim in various topics with the great Rabbis of the world, part two – novaelle on the Talmud and on the Torah and commentators. By Rabbi Yosef Libianiker, one of the old men of the ”Moshav Zekeinim” in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, 1934. Approbation of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook. e. Chiddushei HaRashba on tractate Baba Metzia, published from a manuscript. Jerusalem, 1931. With words of introduction from the editors Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Peniser and Rabbi Menachem Scheinen. Their comments were printed inside the book. At the beginning of the book is a handwritten dedication from the director of the ”Torah V'Yirah” yeshiva for young boys in Jerusalem, ”To the exalted student Mr. Asher Yeshaya Reifen for his knowledge of half of tractate Baba Metzia in a wonderful manner…”. f. Beit HaBechira – the second Temple according to the sources of our Sages and a commentary on Yechezkel's vision of the Temple, together with drawings and diagrams by Rabbi Moshe Weiss. Jerusalem, 1946. Twenty-seven plates and drawings of the Temple, some of them on folded leaves. An important book! Condition: Good.