Auction 76 The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples - Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
Feb 2, 2021
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LOT 24:

Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Megillat Ruth – Two Editions


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Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Megillat Ruth – Two Editions
Two editions of the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Megillat Ruth:
1. Megillat Ruth, with Rashi and the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna, and with Leket Amarim, selected kabbalistic and non-kabbalistic commentaries by the Gaon of Vilna and his disciples. Jerusalem, [1896]. First edition.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 165.
2. Megillat Ruth, with Rashi and the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna, and with Leket Amarim, selected kabbalistic and non-kabbalistic commentaries by the Gaon of Vilna and his disciples. Jerusalem, [ca. 1930].
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 166.
The 1896 edition is bound with Tosefet Maaseh Rav, practices of the Gaon of Vilna, with additions to previous editions of the book Maaseh Rav. Jerusalem, [1896]. Lacking leaf 17. Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 818.
The 1930 edition is bound with Minchat Mordechai. Seini, 1935.
The commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Megillat Ruth was first published by R. Eliyahu Landau, based on a manuscript which he found in the estate of his father, R. Eliezer Landau of Slonim, a descendant of the Gaon of Vilna. A compendium named Leket Amarim was printed at the end of the book, with essays by R. Yaakov Moshe grandson of the Gaon of Vilna, R. Avraham son of the Gaon of Vilna, R. Chaim of Volozhin, R. Avraham Simcha of Omtchislav, R. Moshe Shlomo of Tolochin, R. Yehoshua Yehuda Leib Diskin and R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver.
4 books in 2 volumes. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.