Reines R. Yitzchok Yaakov/Orim Gedolim. First edition Vilna 1887. Author’s dedication

Reines R. Yitzchok Yaakov/Orim Gedolim. First edition Vilna 1887. Author’s dedication.
Talmudic novella by R. Yitzchok Yaakov Reines with handwritten dedication to R. Shabse Chait.
R. Yitzchak Yaakov Reines (1841-1915) was born in Karolin and studied at the Volozhin Yeshiva before becoming the Rav of Saukenai, Lithuania, in 1867. From 1885, he served as Rav in Lida where he founded a Yeshiva that combined traditional Talmudic studies with secular disciplines. As one of the early rabbinical supporters of the nascent Chovavei Zion organization, in 1893 he joined R. Shmuel Mohilever in proposing a settlement in the Holy Land that would synthesize Torah and labor under the name Mercaz Ruchni (abbreviated as Mizrachi). Although the settlement did not succeed, R. Reines revived the Mizrachi name in 1901, for the Religious- Zionist movement he founded.
Metz press. 2, 94. 19 cm. Good condition, dry paper. Minor damage to edge of title page not affecting text. Antique binding, (front cover and flyleaf detached).
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