Bidspirit auction | Shulchan Aruch Even Ha’ezer. First
Shulchan Aruch Even Ha’ezer. First Edition of the “Chelkas Mechokek”. Krakow, 1670. Important Glosses - Shulchan Aruch Even Ha’ezer with commentary Chelkas Mechokek, by Rabbi Moshe Lima, Av Beis Din of Vilna and Brisk – Krakow, 1670 – first edition – with ancient Ashkenzic glosses from the late 1600’s. On pg. 12/a is an interesting gloss: “and most of our teachers are stringent about this, and say that whomever is lenient will not live out the year, and whomever is stringent will receive blessing. And so I saw in the manuscript of the Gaon, the Rosh Yeshiva of Brisk… who wrote his opinion of this to the Gaon [?]”. Incomplete exemplar. [2], 138 pp. Missing 2 last pages. 30cm. Most pages in good condition. Tears on the title page and the beginning and ending pages. Damaged pages were restored with paper filling. Restored title page. New binding.