Seder Mishneh , elucidation of the Ramba”m by a son of the author of Machatzit HaShekel . Jerusalem, 1941. Copy that belonged to the Admo”r Rabbi Yehudaleh Horowitz of Dzikov. Dozens of signatures in Hebrew and in a foreign language in his hand.
This book was authored by the gaon Rabbi Wolf Baskawitz, son of the Machatzit HaShekel. The book received the enthusiastic approbation and blessing from the Chatam Sofer, who blessed “And all who support him will be blessed by the Master of the World … and He will hear him and answer him from Heaven.”
The leaf preceding the title page bears many owners’ signatures, alternately in Hebrew and in a foreign language, and in the hand of Rabbi Yehudahleh of Dzikov. It is known that due to his intense devotion and in-depth study, he was smitten with severe headaches, and in order to experience some relief, he would write and scribble words over and over.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Admo”r Rabbi Yehudah Horowitz .
[4], 127 pp, 24 cm.
Fine condition. Brittle paper. Dismantled binding.