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Shitah Mekubetzes. Exemplar of Maran the Kli Chemda – from the Geonim of the Generation – Gloss in His Handwriting - Noble exemplar, with signatures of Maran the holy Gaon Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky, author of “Kli Chemda”, and Rav of Warta and Ostrów Mazowiecka, from the renowned Geonim of Poland. Sefer Shitah Mekubetzet, 3 sections: Bava Kama, Bava Metzi’ah, and Bava Basra. Warsaw, 1878. With a gloss in his handwriting. Shitah Mekubetzes on tractates Bava Kama, Bava Metzi’ah, and Bava Basra in one volume, by the Gaon Rabbi Betzalel Ashkenazi. Exemplar of the Gaon Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky, whose signature is on all three title pages. Nathan Schriftgisser press, Warsaw, 1878. With the stamp of the immense Gaon “Meir Dan son of R’C.Y. Plotzky, Av Beis Din of Warta community, author of Sefer Chemdas Yisrael and Sefer Kli Chemda”, and many signatures in his handwriting on all three title pages, and with ownership notations which were written for him by his disciples, and additional owners’ signatures. The earliest signatures of Rabbi Meir Dan on this volume were written in his youth, including the notation: “A witness shall arise from the earth that this Sefer belongs to me, the young Chai Medaber (a wordplay on the acronym of his name, Meir Dan ben Rav Chaim Yitzchak) Plotzker of Kutno”. This signature was written when he lived together with the “Yeshu’os Malko” in Kutno, before his Bar Mitzvah. At the top of the first title page is an ownership notation: “He is a shield to all who sign with him belongs to… the dear and immense chassid, well renowned in his sharpness… our teacher Meir Dan Plotzker”. On the other title pages his name is signed as Av Beis Din of Warta, one of which is from 1900. Handwritten correction on the margin of pg. 64 in the Bava Kama section, and a scholarly gloss handwritten on the margin of pg. 22 in the Bava Basra section. The great Gaon Rabbi Meir Dan Refael Plotzky (1862-1928), from the Geonim of Poland. Av Beis Din of Warta and Ostrów Mazowiecka. Author of Sefer ‘Kli Chemda’ on the Torah. From the founders of Agudas Yisroel in Poland, member of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah, and a Chossid of the Sfas Emes and the Imrei Emes of Ger. Disciple of the holy Geonim Rabbi Chaim Elazar Waks and his father-in-law Rabbi Yisrael Yehoshua of Kutno, and a distinct disciple of the holy Gaon the ‘Avnei Nezer’ of Sochatchov. [2], 5-6, 9-239 [1]; [2], 5-326; [2], 177, [1] pp. Separate title page for each tractate in this volume. Pg. 4 is missing in the Bava Kama section. Simple cover. Stains and a few moth holes. Slight damages to the top of one page. Good condition.