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Lot #    26101
Auction End Date    2/16/2010 12:28:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Ma’amar Zedakah be-Khol Et
Title (Hebrew)    מאמר צדקה בכל עת
Author    [Community - Only Ed.] R. Mordecai Epstein
City    Vilna
Publisher    Pirazhnikav
Publication Date    1909
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. 31 pp. octavo 210:150 mm., usual age staining. A good copy bound as issued.
          
Detailed
Description		    Monograph on the conditions of the Talmud Torah in Vilna and its dire need of support by R. Mordecai ben Joshua Hayyim Epstein. The title page describes Ma’amar Tzedakah be-Khol Et (Righteousness (charity) at all Times) as explaining the conmditiosn of the Talmud Torah of the city of Vilna, both spiritually and materially. Also explained are the sayings of the sages on the verse “and he who does righteousness at all times (Tzedakah be-Khol Et)” (Psalms 106:3), which encompasses raising orphans, etc. and other sayings of the sages related to this subject, by this arousing the leaders of the city to join in supporting and sustaining the Talmud Torah. There is an introduction, followed by the text which begins with a pertinent quote on the verse from tractate Kiddushin (50a) and concluding with letters from leading rabbis of Vilna, R. Hayyim Ozer Grodzinski, R. Hanokh Henokh Eigush, and concluding with a missive from R. Mordecai ha-Levi Epstein.

R. Mordecai ben Joshua Hayyim Epstein (1844-1916) was also the authof of Sha’arei Todah (Vilna, 1910-15), novellae on the Talmud; and Hiddushei Re’ah (Vilna, 1890-98), novellae on the Talmud;

          
Paragraph 2    בו מבואר מעמד ומצב בית הת"ת, דעיר ווילנא, בשנים האחרונות ... וגם מבאר מאמר חז"ל עשה צדקה בכל עת, זה המגדל יתום וכו', ועוד איזה מאמרי חז"ל, השייכים לענין זה ... מאתי מרדכי בלא"א ... מהור"ר יהושע חיים הלוי זצ"ל עפשטיין מווילנא. נכתב ר"ח [מר]חשון שנת תרס"ט. בסוף המאמר יבואו מכתבי הרבנים ... מו"ץ דפה ווילנא (ר' חיים עוזר גראדזענסקי, ר' חנוך העניך אייגעש ור' מאיר באסון) ...
          
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Description		    CD-EPI 0111370
        
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20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
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First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica