Shu”t Mahari”l Diskin – Torah thoughts of Rabbeinu Moshe Yehudah Leib Diskin ztzuk”l, Av Beit Din and lecturer of Lomza … and Brisk, Lithuania, from where he ascended to the Holy Land. Including three parts. Jerusalem, 1911. Dozens of approbations including from rabbinic leaders of Jerusalem from all circles and communities.
Printing this book took approximately eight years! It started in 1903, and was stopped due to a conflict and completed only in 1911. The background to the dispute is that the gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Yerucham, son of the Mahari”l Diskin, heir to the printing rights, opposed the book’s printing. In his opinion, it does not reflect his father’s tremendous genius, due to the fact that the content was originally written as short notations and they are difficult to comprehend without a lengthy elucidation, and also because some were written in the author’s youth. As a result, two of those who gave approbations, the Adere”t and Rabbi Y. Sh. Elyashar, rescinded their approbations and the printing was halted for eight years. It was only completed in 1911, after the passing of the above-mentioned rabbis who initially gave approbations. After the book’s publication, another rabbi who initially gave his approbation informed them that he was rescinding it. Yet the rest of the rabbinic leaders of the generation (Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld – father of the editor, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Baharan, Rabbi Yehoshua Tzvi Michal Shapira, Rabbi Chaim Berlin and others) ratified their approbations.
[2], 54, [1], [55]-87, [1], [88]-93 leaves, 35 cm.
Bound with:
Pri Yitzchak , Part II. Includes responsa and various studies by Rabbi Yitzchak Blazer. Jerusalem, 1913.
Edited and arranged by Chizkiya’ Yosef Yitzchak Mishkowsky, son-in-law of the author, ztz”l; published by Rebbetzin Chayah Blazer.
90, 14 leaves, 35 cm.
Overall fine condition: Brittle paper. The title page and two additional leaves are detached. Minimal tears and taped repairs. Simple binding.