AUERBACH, R. CHAIM LEIB. CHACHAM LEV. FIRST EDITION YERUSHALAYIM 1927.

A compendium of laws pertaining to Shulchan Oruch
Even Haezer by R. Shlomo, author of the Markeves Ha’
Mishnah. In manuscript form for hundreds of years
until it was finally published with notes by R. Chaim
Leib Auerbach. With signature and stamp of R. Chaim
Leib Auerbach.
R. Chaim Leib Auerbach (1887-1954) was one
of the most prominent scholars of the old Yishuv
in Yerushalayim and father of R. Shlomo Zalman
Auerbach. He was the founder of a number of
important Torah institutions in Yerushalayim
including the famed Yeshiva Sha’ar Ha’Shamayim
for the study of Kabbalah. During the tumultuous
days of WW1 he was forced into hiding and
during that period, worked on the publication of
the sefer Chacham Lev. With approbations of both
R. Yosef Chaim Sonenfeld and R. Kook. R. Yosef
Chaim Sonenfeld mentions the notes added by R.
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach who was a young man of
seventeen at the time.
Salomon press. 2, 4,386 pages. 26.5 cm. Fine
condition, original binding with spine and corners
reinforced.