Responsa Sha’arei Rachamim, by Rabbi Chaim Rachamim Yosef Franco – Jerusalem, 1881 – first edition – exemplar of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Shneerson, Av Beis Din of Homil and Vitebsk (son of Admor Maharid of Lyadi).
Owner’s signature on the title page: “Yehuda Leib Shneerson, Rabbi in Homil”.
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Shneerson (1850-ca. 1924) was the son of Admor Rabbi Yitzchak Duber of Lyadi (son of Admor Rabbi Chaim Shneur Zalman of Lyadi, son of the Tzemach Tzedek) and son-in-law of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Zalmanson (son-in-law of the Tzemach Tzedek). Served as Rabbi of Homil and Sirotina. Starting in 1906 he began serving as a Moreh Tzedek in Vitebsk, where he was prominent among the city’s Rabbonim. Continued serving in Vitebsk also during the Communist era. (Vitebsk, the Community Book, pg. 189.)
[3], 25; 34, 45, [2], 46-50; 87 pp. 32cm. Brittle paper. Stains, some from moisture. Tears and holes in the margins, with slight damage to text. Hole in the title page, restored with pasted paper, with damage to text. Paper pasting on the inner margin of the title page, with slight damage to the border. New leather binding. Good-fair condition.
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