BERLIN, (NETZIV). ROSHEI BESAMIM. FIRST EDITION VILNA 1884

BERLIN, (NETZIV). ROSHEI BESAMIM. FIRST EDITION VILNA 1884

Halachic responsa of R. Moshe Yoel Gurion. With
library stamps of R. Naftoli Tzvi Yehuda Berlin
(Netziv) as well as a signature of his son R. Meir
Berlin/Bar-Ilan.
The Netziv (1816–1893) was one of the greatest
rabbinical figures of his era, dean of the Volozhin
Yeshiva and author of several important works of
rabbinic literature. His first wife was the daughter
of R. Yitzchok of Volozhin, the son of R. Chaim
Volozhin. His second wife was his niece, a daughter
of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, the author of the
Aruch Ha’Shulchan. A son from his first marriage,
R. Chaim Berlin, became the Rav of Moscow, a
daughter married R. Refoel Shapiro later dean of
the yeshiva in Volozhin, and his son from his second
marriage was R. Meir Berlin (later Bar-Ilan).
The stamp reads “Naftoli Tzvi Yehuda Berlin R”M
D’ K”K Volozhin”. The signature reads “Meir
Berlin”.
Yehuda Leib Metz press. Two title pages.176; 4 pages.
33 cm. Modern binding. One small hole in title
page.