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The personal copy of Rabbi Chaim Berlin! Ma’amar mordechai, Orach Chaim, I. Livorno, 1784. First edition.
Stamps of Rabbi Chaim Berlin on Sefer Ma’amar Mordechai on Shulchan Atuch Orach Chaim (with the text), by Rabbi Mordechai Karmi of Carpentras. Gio.Vincenzo Falorni Press, Livorno, 1784.
[8], 231; [2], 338 leaves, 32 cm. Many forewords with approbations by Rabbeinu the Chida, the rabbis of Livorno and Carpentras and more. With stamps of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin.
The renowned Gaon Rabbi Chaim Berlin (1832-1912) the eldest son of the Natziv of Volozhin, at the age of 15 he married Rivkah, the daughter of the philanthropist Rabbi Moshe Tzeitlin of Shklov. For approx. eight years he was supported by his father-in-law and dedicated his time to study Torah with the Rabbi of the town Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Avigdor and was his Meshamesh. At the same time, he helped his father edited his famous and monumental sefer Ha’amek She’elah on She’iltos DeRav Achai. Rabbi Chaim served as the Rabbi of Volozhin, Moscow and Jerusalem and as the Rosh Yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva for a while and became one of the greatest Rabbis of his generation. He also served in Kobryn and Yelisavetgrad in Ukraine for a decade. Alongside his religious greatness, Rabbi Chaim was renowned for the kindness and his many deeds of charity.
New binding with gilt lettering, stains, moth perforations, good condition.
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