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A Heavily Annotated Copy by a Prominent Jerusalem Scholar – First Edition - Otzar Chaim on the Talmudic tractates, by Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Broda, together with the pamphlet Hadrat Tzvi containing homiletical discourses for siyum celebrations. Vilna, 1899. First edition. This copy is distinguished by numerous substantial handwritten annotations, some in pencil, scattered throughout the volume and signed by Rabbi Raphael Yaakov Didovsky, one of Jerusalem’s notable Torah scholars of the early twentieth century, a rabbi of the Meah Shearim Yeshiva, and author of numerous Torah works. These annotations reflect deep analytical study of the text and endow the volume with significant scholarly and historical importance, serving as a direct testament to the learning of one of Jerusalem’s prominent rabbinic figures. The author, Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Broda (1841–1911), was among the leading Lithuanian rabbis of his generation. He served as rabbi in Alytus, Nemakščiai, Švėkšna, and Žagarė, and corresponded on halachic matters with many of the foremost Torah authorities of his era. He is known for his important works She’erit Chaim (on the laws of interest, published with the approbation of Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor), Otzar Chaim, Hadrat Tzvi, Ruach VeHatzlacha, Shir Chadash, and Orchot Chaim. In 1905 he immigrated to the Land of Israel and became one of the distinguished rabbis of Jerusalem. His son-in-law was Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis, later Av Beit Din of the Eidah HaChareidis of Jerusalem, who is mentioned in the introduction to this volume. Rabbi Raphael Yaakov Didovsky (d. 1940), whose annotations appear in this copy, was one of Jerusalem’s distinguished Torah scholars and the author of numerous works, including Machanecha Kadosh, Tziyunim LaTorah, Kiyum HaTorah, Vayehi Noam, and others. [2], 2, 124; 40 pages. Condition: Very good. Binding loose. Numerous handwritten annotations throughout the volume.