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Title: Sefer Shir Chadash (Commentary on Song of Songs) – Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Broda – St. Louis, 1922 שיר חדש - סט. לואיס, מא. תרפ"ב

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Description

Rare posthumous edition of Sefer Shir Chadash, a commentary on Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs), printed in St. Louis, Missouri.


Author: The author is Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Hirsch Broda (Brode), the Av Beit Din (Head of Rabbinical Court) of Old Zagare (Zhagar), Lithuania. He was a renowned scholar, also known for his work She’erit Chaim. שארית חיים
Notable Connection: Rabbi Broda was the father-in-law of the famous Gaon, Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953), who later served as the Chief Rabbi of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem.
Publication Details:
  • Publisher: Brought to print by the author’s nephew, Rabbi Gedalia Silverstone of Washington D.C. (410 K Street N.W.).
  • Printer: Moinester Printing Co., St. Louis, MO.
  • Date: 5682 (1922).

Condition report:

Good-Fair condition. Solid library-style buckram binding. Internally complete. The book shows signs of use typical for a study hall volume, including tape repairs at the inner gutters (hinges) to reinforce the binding. Text is clear.


Language: Hebrew Location: St. Louis, USA