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Patriarch of the Pupa Dynasty: Shivat Tziyon, Copy that Belonged to the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Greenwald (I), Grandfather ...
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Patriarch of the Pupa Dynasty: Shivat Tziyon, Copy that Belonged to the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Greenwald (I), Grandfather of the Arugat HaBosem. Lengthy Handwritten Glosses
"The rabbi, the great light, the pious and faithful complete sage ..." (The Chatam Sofer, about Rabbeinu)
"The great light ... the pure tzaddik" (The Ktav Sofer, about Rabbeinu)
"His is called sacred, ... a pillar of the world" (The av beit din of Krakow about Rabbeinu)
Sefer Shivat Tziyon - responsa by the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Segal Landau - son and successor of the Noda BiYehudah (on leaf 8, he cites a manuscript by his father). The title page states: "Part I" - but no more were printed. Prague, 1927. First edition.
The title page is graced with a signature by the sacred gaon Rabbi Yosef Greenwald, av beit din of Czechowitz - progenitor of the Greenwald family, whose sons served as leading Admo"rim and rabbis in Hungary from the 'Arugot HaBosem' through the current Admo"rim of the Pupa dynasty: "Bought by the youth Yosef, son of ... " Lengthy handwritten glosses by him along the length of the sefer [approximately 50 lines; one of the glosses is in a different script].
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the sacred gaon Rabbi Yosef Greenwald.
76, [9] leaf. 33 cm.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Minimal worming perforations.
Sources:
Toldot Arugot HaBosem (New-York, 1979)
Ohr HaTzafun, Belz (Jerusalem, 2016)
Ohr Yisrael, Monsey (New York, 2012)
Zera Ya'akov, Skver (New York, 2006)
Rabbeinu Shimon Sofer (Brooklyn, 1998)
