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Rare 1903 Vilna Printing of Sefer Eikev Rav (Zohar HaChokmah) – Rabbi Akiva Beirachovich - An important and deeply analytical early 20th-century Lithuanian rabbinic treatise blending homiletics, Talmudic exegesis, and ethical philosophy, printed in the capital of Hebrew typography. Title: Sefer Eikev Rav (ספר עקב רב) – Subtitled: Zohar HaChokmah (זהר החכמה / The Abundance of the Grandeur of Wisdom). Author: Authored by the prominent scholar and halachic authority Rabbi Akiva ben R' Yitzchak Eliyahu Beirachovich (עקיבא בן לאא”ה הרב הישיש המופלג מוה”רר יצחק אליהו נ”י למשפחת בייראכאוויץ), who served as the Av Beit Din (Chief Rabbi) of Krasnopol (קראסנאפאל; Suwałki Governorate / Plotzk region). Structure & Content: Divided systematically into three core intellectual sections: A profound analytical commentary expanding upon the Aggadic (homiletic) allegories of the Sages. Advanced rabbinic discourses (Derashot) bridging halachic logic with ethical Mussar concepts. An extensive addendum featuring original novellae on the Torah, Talmud, and associated responsa. Publication Details: Printed in the historic city of Vilna (ווילנא) in the Hebrew year תרס”ג (1903) by the highly esteemed printing house of Shraga Feivel Garber. The title page features parallel Cyrillic metadata (СЕФЕРЪ ЭЙКЕВЪ РОБЪ / Соч. Раввина Акива Бейраховича) and bears a historic purple rabbinic ownership stamp on the lower margin. Notable Connection: Rabbi Beirachovich's works are highly regarded for their seamless integration of pure, logical Lithuanian Talmudic analysis with deep, classic homiletics. Pristine primary examples from the pre-war Garber press in Vilna are increasingly scarce, offering an attractive opportunity for bibliographers and collectors of Eastern European rabbinica.