Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
Emunah VeHashgacha, Based on the Teachings of the Gaon of Vilna – Königsberg, 1864 – First Edition / Or HaShanim – Vilna, 1869 – Copy with a Dedication Handwritten by Rabbi Aryeh Levin – Approbation Leaves with Selections from the Gaon of Vilna, Not Listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book
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Emunah VeHashgacha, regarding Divine Providence, based on the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna, with selections by the Gaon of Vilna and additions, compiled by R. Shmuel Moltzan. [Königsberg, 1864]. First edition. Bound with: Or HaShanim, on the 613 commandments, by R. Aryeh Leib Epstein Rabbi of Königsberg, author of Sefer HaPardes. Vilna, 1869.
Copy of R. Aryeh Levin. His signature appears on the front endpaper: " Aryeh Levin, in the Etz Chaim boys' school…". R. Aryeh Levin gave this book to his disciple Binyamin Rivlin (son of the writer Eliezer Rivlin) as a Bar-Mitzva gift; a dedication handwritten by him appears beneath his signature.
The endpaper and title page of Emunah VeHashgacha bear stamps of the recipient: "Binyamin Rivlin…".
The "Tzaddik of Jerusalem" R. Aryeh Levin (1885-1969)excelled in Torah and in charitable deeds. He studied the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna extensively, and many of the traditions in the name of the Gaon were transmitted by him, as he heard them from his teachers, including the famous Goral HaGra. A product of Lithuanian yeshivot and the Torat Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, he was a cherished disciple of the leading Torah scholars of the generation: R. Refael Shapiro of Volozhin, R. Chaim Berlin, R. Shlomo Elyashiv the Leshem, R. Baruch Ber Leibovitz, R. Avraham Chaim HaKohen Kook, his brother-in-law R. Tzvi Pesach Frank and R. Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik of Brisk. He immigrated to Jerusalem as an adolescent and married the granddaughter of the head of the Jerusalem Beit Din, R. Chaim Yaakov Shapira. He served as the spiritual director and supervisor of the Etz Chaim Talmud Torah (boy's school). Renowned for his dedication to acts of benevolence, and for his frequent visits to the British Mandate prison, he was later appointed as the Jewish Prison Chaplain. He offered a listening ear to one and all, absorbing their difficulties as well as joys, engaging in acts of kindness his whole life. He merited having sons and sons-in-law who were noted Torah scholars (R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, R. Shmuel Aharon Yudelevitz, R. Aharon Jakobovitz and R. Eliezer Palchinsky).
Two books in one volume. Emunah VeHashgacha: [12], 44, 46-47, [2] leaves. Or HaShanim: 80 pages. Approx. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains on several leaves. Open tear to title page of Emunah VeHashgacha, affecting border and text, repaired. Worming, slightly affecting text. Original binding, with leather spine. Damage and worming to binding. Bookplate.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book only lists [8] leaves at the beginning of Emunah VeHashgacha. In this copy, [4] more leaves were added, with additional approbations, including selections and teachings in the name of the Gaon of Vilna, as well as a homily for Yom Kippur and Shavuot, by the author.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 901.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Copy of R. Aryeh Levin. His signature appears on the front endpaper: " Aryeh Levin, in the Etz Chaim boys' school…". R. Aryeh Levin gave this book to his disciple Binyamin Rivlin (son of the writer Eliezer Rivlin) as a Bar-Mitzva gift; a dedication handwritten by him appears beneath his signature.
The endpaper and title page of Emunah VeHashgacha bear stamps of the recipient: "Binyamin Rivlin…".
The "Tzaddik of Jerusalem" R. Aryeh Levin (1885-1969)excelled in Torah and in charitable deeds. He studied the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna extensively, and many of the traditions in the name of the Gaon were transmitted by him, as he heard them from his teachers, including the famous Goral HaGra. A product of Lithuanian yeshivot and the Torat Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem, he was a cherished disciple of the leading Torah scholars of the generation: R. Refael Shapiro of Volozhin, R. Chaim Berlin, R. Shlomo Elyashiv the Leshem, R. Baruch Ber Leibovitz, R. Avraham Chaim HaKohen Kook, his brother-in-law R. Tzvi Pesach Frank and R. Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik of Brisk. He immigrated to Jerusalem as an adolescent and married the granddaughter of the head of the Jerusalem Beit Din, R. Chaim Yaakov Shapira. He served as the spiritual director and supervisor of the Etz Chaim Talmud Torah (boy's school). Renowned for his dedication to acts of benevolence, and for his frequent visits to the British Mandate prison, he was later appointed as the Jewish Prison Chaplain. He offered a listening ear to one and all, absorbing their difficulties as well as joys, engaging in acts of kindness his whole life. He merited having sons and sons-in-law who were noted Torah scholars (R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, R. Shmuel Aharon Yudelevitz, R. Aharon Jakobovitz and R. Eliezer Palchinsky).
Two books in one volume. Emunah VeHashgacha: [12], 44, 46-47, [2] leaves. Or HaShanim: 80 pages. Approx. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dark stains on several leaves. Open tear to title page of Emunah VeHashgacha, affecting border and text, repaired. Worming, slightly affecting text. Original binding, with leather spine. Damage and worming to binding. Bookplate.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book only lists [8] leaves at the beginning of Emunah VeHashgacha. In this copy, [4] more leaves were added, with additional approbations, including selections and teachings in the name of the Gaon of Vilna, as well as a homily for Yom Kippur and Shavuot, by the author.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 901.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications