Three Books with Glosses and Signatures of Rabbi Efraim Samonov, Son-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Berlin

Three books with glosses and signatures of Rabbi Efraim Samonov Av Beit Din of Ventspils (Windau), and of his father Rabbi Gershon Mendel Samonov. · Book of halachic rulings, Yad David, and She'elat David responsa, by Rabbi David Freidman Av Beit Din of Karlin. Warsaw, 1898. First edition. Signature of Rabbi "Efraim Samonov" and many scholarly glosses in his handwriting. · Drush V'Chiddush Rabbi Akiva Eiger, Book 2. Szczecin, 1860. Signature of Rabbi "Gershon Mendel Samonov", and glosses in his handwriting and in the handwriting of his son Rabbi Efraim Samonov. · Or HaYashar on Arachin and Tmura, by Rabbi Shmuel Yitzhak Hillman. Berlin, 1923. Signature of Rabbi Efraim Samnov and glosses in his handwriting. Rabbi Efraim Samonov (1860-1932), disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk in the Volozhin Yeshiva, and his confidant. Prominent son-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Berlin Av Beit Din of Moscow, from 1890, he served in the Jakobstadt (Latvia) rabbinate, and from 1897, served in the Ventspils rabbinate. He was renowned as a leading rabbi and one of the greatest Torah scholars of his times. In 1931, he printed his book HaCohen Gadol V'Hasgan. His father, Rabbi Gershon Mendel Samonov (died in 1919), was a leading disciple of the Beit HaLevi at the Volozhin Yeshiva. Son of Rabbi Mordechai Uriah Samonov, Av Beit Din of Šiaulėnai. He lived in the city of Piltene (Latvia) and although he never help a rabbinic position, he was famous as an illustrious Torah scholar. 3 books, size and condition vary.