Bidspirit auction | Amtachat Binyamin. Copy that Belonged
Amtachat Binyamin. Copy that Belonged to Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin. Stamps, Owner's Notation and Gloss - Amtachat Binyamin - halachic novellae and aggadot on Seder Kodshim and Tractate Niddah by Binyamin son of Shimon Cheshin. With many approbations. Warsaw, 1887. Personal copy of the gaon Rabbi Meir Shapiro, rosh yeshivah of Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin and initiator of Daf HaYomi. On the title page, and along the entire length of the book, there are no less than seven of Rabbi Meir Shapiro's early owner's stamps from the period he served as av beit din in Pietrkov, as well as an owner's notation in the margins on the title page: ”הגאב”ד דק”ק לובלין יע”א.” Seven-word gloss on page 29b. There are stamps from Chachmei Lublin's beit akad sefarim . As is known, Rabbi Shapiro did not have any children of his own. He gifted his personal library to the Chachmei Lublin yeshivah, which he founded. Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Meir Shapiro . 204 pp, 24 cm. Fine condition Slight tear in the margins of the title page without damage to text. Detached binding.