Buy this book on-line (Xt) Landa, Eliyahu : SEYFER HADRES ELYOHU : BESHREYBUNG UN SHEYNHEYT FUN DEM VILNER GOEN (HA-GERA) MI-VILNA, Z.L.HJerusalem/Vienna N.D.
No Date (1920s) . First Yiddish edition. Later paper wrappers. 8vo. 64 pages, 23 cm. Title translates to "The Splendor of Eliyahu: Notes and Beauty of the Vilna Gaon. " Rabbi Eliyahu Landa (1873-1946) , was a fourth generation descendent of the Vilna Gaon. He was born in Jerusalem to Rabbi Elazar of Slonim (1818-1874) who had come to Eretz Israel in 1868 and married the daughter of Rabbi Ze'ev Wolfinson Be Avraham Dayan of Shklov (one of the disciples of Harg"a who had emigrated to Eretz Israel) . Landa studied at the Etz Hayim Yeshivah and established charity institutions in Jerusalem. During his lifetime, he published over 50 books, including the writings of Hagr"a. Landa also initiated the publishing of the Hebrew Bible by Jews, which during that time had been entirely done by Christians. As part of his trade in books, religious objects and Etrogim, he arrived in the US, establishing the "Beit Ha-Midrash Eliyahu" later returning to Eretz Israel. SUBJECTS: Rabbis -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- Biography. Rabbis. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide. Pages are chipped, browning, and fragile but all text is clean. (YID-27-6) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of (Xt) Landa, Eliyahu : SEYFER HADRES ELYOHU : BESHREYBUNG UN SHEYNHEYT FUN DEM VILNER GOEN (HA-GERA) MI-VILNA, Z.L.H. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, out of print books, livres anciens, atlases and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |