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Dedication Handwritten by the Author and Important Handwritten Chabadic Glosses: Sdei Chemed - First Edition Warsaw, 1891 - Sefer Sdei Chemed, Klalei HaShas, Klalei HaPoskim ad Asifat Dinim, by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini author of the Sdei Chemed, one of the leading Poskim in recent generations. Warsaw, 1891. First edition sof both sections, bound together.  Mounted on verso of Section III is a printed dedication sticker: ”מזכרת אהבת דודים” on which the author hand-wrote the name of the book's recipient - the Gaon Rabbi Shabtai Frumkin - and added his official stamp as the Rav of Qarasuvbazar, Crimea.  The uniqueness of this copy lies in the scholalry Chabadic glosses throughout the book. Their content indicate that their author was, apparently, the Gaon Rabbi Shabtai Frumkin, an important Chabad Chassid in Crimea (see examples in Hebrew catalog text).  The glosses indicate the scholalrly study of a Chabad Sage who studied the Sdei Chemed and added Psakim by the Admor Hazaken and the Tzemach Tzedek.  An interesting bibliographic phenomenon: in two places in the boom 9Section I, leaves 44b and 56a), where there are typos, the author stamped the book with a special stamp made specifically for correcting errors.  Section I - Kuntres haklalilm, letters א–ה. Section III - Divrei Chachamim, Shut, comments and Chidushim by contemporary rabbis, alongside his own comments,   240 pp. 32 cm.  Good overall condition. Some aging and usage stains. Slightly dry paper. Some small tears along the edges of several leaves. The author's handwritten dedication and his stamp. Handwritten scholarly glosses.  *** The author, the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini (1833-1905) a leading Posek Halachah, famed in the Jewish worls for his monumental book the Sddei Chemed, which became a Halachic Sefer Yesod. For thirty five years served as the Chief Rabbi of Qarasuvbazar, Crimea, where he led a comprehensive spiritual revolution and supported the Torah and Mitzvot life of the community. In 1899, he immigrated to Eretz Yisrael, settling in Hebron, where he served as the Rav of the twon until his passing.  Little is known of Rabbi Shabtai Frumkin . However, the glosses in this book indicate that he was a Talmid Chacham, knowledgeable in the Torah of the Chabad Admorim. He is mentioned in Shut Pe'at Hasadeh by the Sdei Chemed (entry 91). His name appears in the list of pre-subscribers for the author's books (at the end of vol. 10). The content of his glosses indicates that he was, apparently, a foremost Chabadic figure in Crimea.