Song of Songs with commentary Vilna Gaon, Gra, Warsaw 1886
מגלת שיר השירים ע"ב הגר"א - First Revised Edition
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- Title (English) Song of Songs with commentary of Vilna Gaon, Gra
- Title (Hebrew) מגלת שיר השירים ע"ב הגר"א
- Note First Revised Edition
- Author R. Elijah ben Solomon Zalman of Vilna
- City Warsaw
- Publisher דפוס מאיר יחיאל האלטער
- Publication Date 1886
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- Item # 1519718
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Physical Description:
First revised edition. 104 pp. octavo 217:140 mm., usual light age staining, wide margins. A good copy bound in contemporary boards, rubbed.
First revised edition based on manuscript in the collection of R. Samuel Luria.
Detailed Description:
Shir ha-Shirim (Song of Songs) with a comprehensive commentary by R. Elijah ben Solomon Zalman of Vilna (Vilna Gaon, Gra, 1720-97). The Vilna Gaon, among his many accomplishments, was his mastery of kabbalistic literature. The title page is followed by approbations and introduction. The text begins on page one in Rashi letters. Errata on final page.
R. Elijah ben Solomon Zalman of Vilna (Vilna Gaon, Gra) is a dominant figure in Jewish intellectual thought, his importance and prestige undiminished, as great today, if not greater, than in his own time. The Vilna Gaon’s extraordinary intelligence, expressed by his expertise in Torah at the age of three, outdistancing his tutors while a young child, his incredible proficiency over the entire expanse of the written and Oral Torah by nine, by which time he was already studying Kabbalah, accompanied by complete piety, are attested to by numerous reputable sources. More than seventy works, encompassing Bible, halakhah, Talmud, and Kabbalah, are attributed to the Vilna Gaon.
Hebrew Description:
כתב היד של ביאור הגר"א שנדפס כאן היה ברשותו של ר’ דוד לוריא.
יאורי ר’ אברהם בן הגר"א נקראים בשם "באר אברהם" והם על הפרקים א-ד.
References:
Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000305865; EJ