Rachash Levav [responsa].

Auction 85 | Thursday, November 07th, 2019 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 209

(BIRNBAUM, CHAIM SHMUEL HALEVI)

Rachash Levav [responsa].

Hebrew manuscript written on paper in a neat cursive Aschkenazic hand by the Author’s grandson, R. Akiva Sofer of Lvov. ff. 100 leaves. Slight tears in places generally not affecting text, few leaves loose. Modern boards. Folio.

(Lvov): c. 1900

Est: $800 - $1,200

The author (1811-87) was a son-in-law of R. Akiva Eger of Posen. Although not as well known as his celebrated brother-in-law R. Moshe Sofer (the Chasam Sofer), their father-in-law, R. Akiva Eger, expressed the wish that it be R. Birnbaum who would succeed as Rabbi of Posen when the time came. The published version of this text (Jerusalem, 1959) barely differs from the present manuscript except for a few headings and a change in the number of chapters. Aside for his comments Ma’aseh Choshev on the Sha’ar Hamelech, none of R. Birnbaum’s other writings have survived.