Mishnei'ot Seder Zeraim, Part I, Zhitomir 1862
משניות סדר זרעים - Hasidic - Pocet Size Edition
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- Lot Number 47728
- Title (English) Mishnei'ot Seder Zeraim
- Title (Hebrew) משניות סדר זרעים
- Note Hasidic
- City Zhitomir
- Publisher דפוס אריה ליב שפירא
- Publication Date 1862
- Estimated Price - Low 300
- Estimated Price - High 600
- Item # 1402117
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Physical Description:
Part I (of VI). [8], 332, [7 mispaginated] pp., octavo, 200:120 mm., wide margins, light age and damp staining. A good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed.
Detailed Description:
The study of Mishnah is widespread, whether as an act of piety by saintly individuals, or by groups of unlearned people. For this purpose "societies of mishnah" (Hevrot Mishnei'ot) were and continue to be formed in every observant community. The groups often dedicate the study in memory of a deceased one and recite Kaddish upon completion of the session.
In 1847 the Shapira printing press was established by the three brothers Hanina Lipa, Aryeh Leib, and Joshua Heschel Shapira, sons of Samuel Abraham Abba Shapira, the printer in Slavuta. Until 1862 this was one of the only two Hebrew presses the Russian government permitted to operate in the whole of Russia, the other being in Vilna. This press had 18 hand presses and four additional large presses. In 1851 Aryeh Leib broke away and established his own printing press in Zhitomir. In these two establishments only sacred books of every kind were printed. During the years 1858–64 the press of the two brothers printed a beautiful edition of the Babylonian Talmud together with the Halakhot of Isaac Alfasi, while between 1860 and 1867 Aryeh Leib printed an edition of the Jerusalem Talmud.
Hebrew Description:
שני שערים לכל חלק.
Reference Description:
EJ; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000150739