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Bidding Information
Lot #    35147
Auction End Date    7/17/2012 1:12:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Hidur Mitzvah; Eretz Zevi
Title (Hebrew)    הידור מצוה; ארץ צבי
Author    R. Meir Joseph Man; R. Zevi Hirsch Rom
City    Vilna
Publisher    Mets: Lipman
Publication Date    1877; 1875
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only editions. 52; vi, 68, iv, 52 pp. quarto 216:165 mm., wide margins, light age staining. Very good copies loose in later boards, split.
          
Detailed
Description		    Two independent works of responsa and discourses bound together. The first title is Hidur Mitzvah, the only edition of these responsa and homilies by R. Meir Joseph Man of Lamzel Hidur Mitzvah is described on the title page as being responsa on subjects pertaining to din accompanied, at the end, by discourses on ethics and aggadah that draw the heart of man closer to our Father in heaven. There is an approbation from R. Elijah ben Benjamin Schick and an introduction from the author. After the responsa are the derashot on such subjects as bitahon, geulah, shalom, zedakah, and teshuvah. The second title is Eretz Zevi by R. Zevi Hirsch Rom. In two parts, each with its own title page and pagination. The first part is described as being on different subjects in the manner of pilpul. It has approbations from R. Raphael Yom Tov Lipman, R. Joseph ben Raphael and R. Bezalel ben Israel Moses, R. Saul Zelig, and R. Asher Nissin, follwed by R. Rom’s introduction. The text is comprised of thirteen responsa and then the derashot. The second part is fourteen ethical discourses. At the end of Eretz Zevi is a five page list of the individuals who helped finance publication.
          
Paragraph 2    הידור מצוה... כולל שאלות ותשובות... ובסוף... דרושים בדברי מוסר ואגדה... אשר חנני השי"ת... מאיר בא"א מו"ה יוסף ז"ל חונה בק"ק לעמזאל...

הסכמה: ר' אלי' ב"ר בנימין שיק, זאגר חדש, כב שבט תרל"ד. ארץ צבי ... בו יבואר ענינים שונים, ע"ד הפלפול ... ממני צבי הירש ראם בלא"א ... ר' אברהם יצחק זללה"ה מילידי ווילקאמיר. חלק א - ב.

חלק א: (שו"ת ... דרושים), V [צ"ל: VI], 68 עמ'. חלק ב: דרושים שונים ע"ד [על דרך] המוסר, IV, 52 עמ'. הסכמות: ר' רפאל יום טוב ליפמאן היילפרין, ביאלסטק, יט סיון תרל"ד; - חלק א ר' יוסף ב"ר רפאל [סאקוביץ] ור' בצלאל ב"ר ישראל משה הכהן, ווילנא, כב תמוז תרל"ד; - חלק א ר' שאול זעליג הכהן [מאירוב], דענאבארג, כח מנחם-אב תרל"ד. - חלק א
          
Reference
Description		    BE heh 626, alef 2690; CD-EPI 0167365; 0145633
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
Subject
Homiletics:    Checked
Novellae:    Checked
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Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica