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Torat HaNazir – First Work of R. Yitzchak Hutner. With Wrapper Title Page - Torat HaNazir – Novellae and Explanations on the Laws of Nazirut in Maimonides, by R. Yitzchak Hutner. Kovno, 1932. First Edition. The first book of the giant thinker R. Yitzchak Hutner, composed at only 26 years of age! Adorned with enthusiastic approbations from the great sages of the generation. R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski extols him in exceptional terms: “The honor and glory of the rabbi… his splendor for greatness… a new vessel filled with old wine, destined for greatness… I rejoiced greatly to see that Israel is not bereft; in our own days, young in years, great in Torah, producing profound innovations. I marveled at his ability to arrange them while still so young, and to bring them to light. Fortunate is she who bore him!” Further approbations include those of R. Avraham Dov Ber Kahana Shapira, Av Beit Din of Kovno, and R. Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook, Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel. These approbations were omitted from later editions. R. Yitzchak Hutner (1906–1980), distinguished disciple of the Saba of Slabodka. In 1925 he ascended to Eretz Israel to strengthen the young Slabodka Yeshiva. In 1939 he was appointed Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Chaim Berlin in New York. Author of the celebrated Pachad Yitzchak series. [2], 137, [1] pp. 30 cm. With an additional wrapper-title not listed in the bibliographies. Condition: Very good.