Original book from Zederboim printing press in Piotrkow, 1913. Contains dozens of notes on the margins, which may be attributed to his father-in-law, the Chafetz Chaim. In the introduction the author relates that he sent the book to the Chafetz Chaim for critique, and subsequently sent requests for letters of blessing from rabbinical leaders. The Chafetz Chaim saw great importance in this compilation, and apparently even wrote his comments upon it, as gathered from the author’s foreword.
Specifications: [86] pages, paper. Without front cover, 16 x 23 cm. Dozens of handwritten glosses, all clear and legible.
Special Features: Early edition of the book, with an introduction written by the Chafetz Chaim. The margins feature many dozens of comments, some of which are lengthy and significant, adding balance and the referenced halachas, both to halachas at the top of the page and to the lengthy commentary at the bottom. There is a similarity between the handwriting of these comments to the Chafetz Chaim’s handwriting.
Besides the above, there are notes in a different handwriting, mostly short and word corrections, which appear more similar to the author’s hand. All these corrections are not found in the compositions’ earlier editions, hence their great importance.
Background: Rabbi Aharon Cohen ztz”l: was the Chafetz Chaim’s son-in-law, having married the latter’s daughter, Gittel, in 1883. He spent much time in his father-in-law’s home, and assisted in his holy compositions, and upon his father-in-law’s recommendation, composed Avodat Korbanot which resolves all of the issues relating to the service in advance of the building of the third Holy Temple. In about 1926, Rabbi Aharon HaCohen and his wife, Gittel, immigrated to the Land of Israel, where he disseminated Torah in the Ohr Zoreach Yeshiva in Jaffa. He passed away on 27 Shevat, 1936, and was interred on the Mount of Olives.
Condition: Fine. Fragile paper. Without binding.