A mid-19th century edition of the classic and fundamental work Sefer Keritut ספר כריתות. This work is one of the most important early guides to the methodology of the Talmud, explaining the hermeneutic rules (the 13 Middot).
- Commentary: This edition features the commentary Likutie Mordechai ליקוטי מרדכי by the publisher, Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Zilberman.
- Special Feature: The final leaf contains a detailed woodcut illustration of the Temple (Tzurat HaBayit צורת הבית).
Author: The author is the Rishon, Rabbi Shimshon of Chinon (Samson ben Isaac of Chinon), who lived in France during the 13th and 14th centuries. He was one of the later Baalei Tosafot בעלי התוספות.
Notable Connections & Approbations (Haskamot): This edition features important Haskamot from the leading Torah giants of the generation, including:
- The Chiddushei Harim – Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter of Ger (Góra Kalwaria). He was the founder and first Rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty.
- Rabbi Yeshaya Mushkat, the Av Beit Din of Praga (the Praga district of Warsaw).
- Rabbi Dov Berush Meisels, Chief Rabbi of Krakow and Warsaw.
- Rabbi Yitzchak Avigdor, Av Beit Din of Kovno.
Provenance: Stamped by a former owner in New York: M. Rottenberg, Lincoln Place, Brooklyn 33, N.Y.
Publication Details:
Publisher: Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Zilberman of Plotzk.
Printer: N. Schriftgisser, Warsaw.
Date: 1854 (Civil year printed on title page).
Condition report:
Fair to Poor condition (Sold w.a.f.).
Binding: The original boards are present but are heavily worn, peeling, and detached (spine is missing).
Pages: The title page shows significant wear, staining, and fraying at the edges. The internal pages are textually complete but show aging, yellowing, and staining/foxing throughout.
Illustration: The woodcut of the Temple at the end is intact.
Language: Hebrew Location: Warsaw, Poland
