Rare: Sefer Toras Chaim – Volume I – Lublin 1624. First Edition. Printed During the Author’s Lifetime.

Rare: Sefer Toras Chaim – Volume I – Lublin 1624. First Edition. Printed During the Author’s Lifetime.

A complete copy of Sefer Toras Chaim, the classic commentary on various Masechtos of Shas. Authored by R. Avraham Chaim Schor Rabbi of Belz (d. 1632). He was a disciple of R. Moshe Isserles (the Rema), and the Rebbe of the Bach. His brother was R. Efrayim Zalman Schor, author of the famed work “Tevuos Shor”. His father-in-law was R. Avraham Meisels of Krakow, who was the Mechutan of the Rema. This commentary has been a fundamental and classic work ever since it was published. 

Printed in two volumes, this one in 1624 - during the author’s lifetime, and contains novella to Bava Kamma, Bava Metzia and Mava Basra. The second volume was printed in Krakow in 1634, two years after his death, and brought to print by his son-in-law (see next lot). 

Scarce. Rarely is this work seen at auction. 

In overall very good condition. Bound in a new, ornate leather binding. 

Cataloger's note: This volume comes from a bound set, consisting of both volumes, each printed separately, but bound in identical bindings. This volume is marked as Volume I on the book’s spine. See next lot for the completion of the set. 

[1], 45; 2-46; 52 pp. 

Vinograd, Lublin 154