Tehillim Mikdash Me’at. The book of Tehillim with the commentaries: Beit HaMidrash, Beit HaKnesset and Beit Aharon, by Rabbi Aharon Walden. Warsaw, 1889-1897. Five volumes. Approx. 22 cm.
Each part has two title pages, some in red ink. An enormous collection of commentators on Tehillim from hundreds of books, including many commentaries from the great kabbalistic and chassidic scholars, collected and edited by the well-known chassidic Rabbi Aharon Walden. With many approbations from the great rabbis of that generation of all denominations: Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik of Brisk, the Netziv of Volozhin, Rabbi Yitzchak Elchonon Spektor of Kovno, Rabbi Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini the “Sdei Chemed,” and the great Admorim: Rabbi Yechiel of Aleksander, Rabbi Avraham of Sokachov, Rabbi Yochanan of Rachmastrivka, Rabbi Elimelech Shapira of Grodzisk, and more.
Rabbi Aharon Walden was born in Warsaw in 1838. From a young age he was a disciple of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, and later of Rabbi Yitzchak Meir of Gur. He spent a lot of time on commentaries of the holy books and their authors, and authored the book Shem HaGedolim HaChadash. He also wrote and edited books of chassidut and books about chassidut. He died in 1912, and on his grave was written “…the great Rabbi, the chassid who was famous in the Torah of G-d and fear of G-d, who drew water from the exalted holy Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk and Rabbi Yitzchak Meir of Gur, author of the book Shem Gedolim HaChadash and the books Mikdash Me’at on Tehillim in five parts… His Honor Rabbi Aharon Walden of Warsaw.”
New semi-leather cover and marbleized paper. Age stains. Small amount of moth damage. Fine-very fine condition.