Chazon Ish, First Edition. 11 Volumes.

Chazon Ish, First Edition. 11 Volumes.

The Chazon Ish books, first edition, including the Chazon Ish's first book, as yet still published anonymously! In the Hilchot Shevi'it volume, there are many handwritten glosses, some of which are lengthy. The glosses before us were later printed in the subsequent editions of Chazon Ish!

Details of the volumes before us:

* Chazon Ish. Orach Chaim, topics in Kadshim and Niddah. Vilna, 1911. Two title pages. The first is blue and has a picture. First edition. First book by the Chazon Ish. The name of the author is hinted at by a Cyrillic letter. A.J.K.

* Chazon Ish. Even HaEzer. Gittin, Kiddushim and Avadim. Published by Rabbi Sh. Greineman. Vilna, 1932.

* Chazon Ish. Mikva'ot, Machshirin. Vilna, 1935.

* Chazon Ish. Keilim. Vilna, 1936.

* Chazon Ish. Shevi'it and comments. Jerusalem. 1937. With handwritten glosses that were printed in the next edition.

* Chazon Ish. Nega'im, Parah and supplements. Jerusalem, 1938.

* Chazon Ish. Demai, Ma'aserot and compilations. Jerusalem, 1938.

* Chazon Ish. Kila'im, Orlah. Jerusalem, 1940. With a table of shapes at the end of the book.

* Chazon Ish. Chelek Even HaEzer - Ishut, Yibum and Chalitzah, and compilations. Jerusalem, 1940.

* Chazon Ish. Taharot, Zavim, Tibul Yom, Yadim, Uktzin. Jerusalem, 1940.

* Chazon Ish. Hilchot Ketuvot and compilations. Jerusalem, 1941.

Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz [1879-1953] was known by the name of the series of books before us, as the author of Chazon Ish. He was a gaon and tzaddik, expert in all realms of Torah; an example of 'toil in Torah' for generations. On 16 Tammuz 1933, the Chazon Ish ascended together with his wife to the Land of Israel, where he was quickly accepted as one of the leaders of the generation (following a letter dispatched by Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky of Vilna to the Land of Israel, in which he informed residents of the Land of Israel "A lion has ascended from Bavel"). The Chazon Ish was the primary leader of the Chareidi public in the Land of Israel, and drafted its path in the stormy period following the establishment of the state, where he revived the Torah world after the Holocaust.

It is important to note that despite the Chazon Ish ascending to the Land already in 1933, in the books before us, we observe that until 1936, the Chazon Ish continued printing his books in Vilna. The reason for this was that the printing and sale of the books was attended to by the Chazon Ish's brother-in-law, the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Greineman, who ascended to the Land only a few years after him, and he continued arranging the printing in Vilna until he also ascended to the Land of Israel.

Approximately 34 cm. Overall condition fine: Simple bindings.