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Tosefta with Textual Corrections by the Gaon of Vilna, First Edition – Signature and Glosses of Rabbi Shmuel Strashun (the Rashash) of Vilna
Tosefta of Orders Zera'im and Moed, with the Tanna Tosfaa commentary by R. Shmuel Avigdor Tosfaa of Karlin, and with textual corrections by the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1841. First edition.
Copy of R. Shmuel Strashun (the Rashash) of Vilna, with his signature and glosses.
The signatures of the Rashash appear at the top of the front endpaper in three languages: In Hebrew, Latin characters and Cyrillic characters. This leaf also bears several other inscriptions, and a stamp of the Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin library.
The book contains five scholarly glosses handwritten by the Rashash.
R. Shmuel Strashun – author of Hagahot HaRashash (1793-1872), a leading Vilna Torah scholar. Disciple of R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam. He was the son of R. Yosef of Zaskovitz, and son-in-law of the wealthy R. David from Strashun, who moved to Vilna with his family and became one of the heads of the Vilna community. His composition of glosses on the Talmud was printed in the Vilna Talmud editions under the title Hagahot HaRashash. This work encompasses the entire Talmud (there are glosses of the Rashash on each page of the Talmud, apart from eight pages; see: Gedolei HaDorot, II, p. 683). The glosses of the Rashash have become a classic work for the study of the Talmud, and his teachings are discussed extensively in the works of the Acharonim and in lectures by yeshiva deans. Hagahot HaRashash were also printed on Mishnayot, Midrash Rabba and the Rambam.
[2], 55; [1], 56-118 leaves. 38.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Final leaf detached. Stamps. Bookplate. New binding.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
