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Dedication Handwritten and Signed by Posek Hador Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach on His First Work Me'orei Esh - Jerusalem, 1935 - Sefer Me'orei Esh, the first and revolutionary work by Maran Posek Hador the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach. He authored this book when he was only 25 tears old. He is the first to deal in depth with the subject of using electricity on Sabbath and Yom Tov and the ways this is permitted. Rabbeinu dedicated himslef to this important subject, even learing the nature of electricity and how it operates so he could give his halachic opinion on the subject.  First edition - Kerusalem, 1935. [4] leaves, 106 leaves. Two title pages. Approbations by contemporary Geonim: Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky, Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, his father Rabbi Chaim Leib, the Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook and more. Immediately when the book was published, it made a wave in the religious world in Israel and abroad and made Rabbeinu renowned for his power of Psikah.  Original binding with some taping and blemishes. Fine flyleaf woven in a Belgian waffle-like manner. Stains and varied aging blemishes. Moth perforations. Good overall condition.  On the first title page, a dedication handwritten and signed by Maran Posek Hador, the author, to Rabbi Baruch Mandelbaum:  ”לידידי הותיק הרב ר' ברוך מנדלבוים שליט”א, לאות ידידות נאמנה הנני שולח לך ספרי זה למזכרת עולם, מאת ידידך אוהבך שלמה זלמן אויערבאך”.  It should be noted that the dedication and signature are from Rabbeinu's younger age and are less common.