Sefer Aruch MiShach - The Shach on Tur Yoreh De'ah - Berlin, 1766. An Impressive Copy Purchased From Author!

Sefer Aruch MiShach - The Shach on Tur Yoreh De'ah - Berlin, 1766. An Impressive Copy Purchased From Author!

Sefer Aruch MiShach - The Shach's work on Tur Yoreh De'ah - Berlin, 1766. First Edition. An Impressive Copy.

On flyleaf is a handwritten inscription stating that he purchased this copy from the Rav of Schwabach on 10 Tammuz 1773. The Rav of Schwabach in the year 1773 was none other than R. Aharon who brought the Sefer to print and authored the Minchas Aharon commentary, printed at the bottom of the page. R. Aharon himself was a descendant of the Shach. 

 

In his introduction, he explains that after over a century had passed since the Shach was Niftar, this manuscript was discovered. In his commentary on Shulchan Aruch, the Shach references this work many times; however it remained a mystery until this manuscript was discovered. Printed with the approbation of the leading Torah scholars of the generation, including a rare approbation of R. Yitzchok Halevi Horowitz, Rav of Hamburg, commonly known as R. Itzikel of Hamburg. 

Interestingly, this edition contains only half of the work (until Siman 110), and the whereabouts of the remainder of the manuscript are unknown. In a publication in prewar Hungary, a printer related that the manuscript had been discovered by a descendant of the Shach and he was working on publishing volume two of Aruch MiShach. The fate of the publication remained a mystery and it was assumed that all had been lost in the war. In recent years however, a single copy of the second volume was discovered in Israel and sold for over $20,000 as the only known copy that exists today. 

A beautiful copy, bound in original binding with tinted red edges. Printed on high-quality thick paper. Small wormholes seen at margins of some leaves, not affecting text. 

[4], 134 pp.