<<(Ba”Ch).>> Shailoth U’Teshuvoth Bayith Chadash.

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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SIRKES, YOEL

<<(Ba”Ch).>> Shailoth U’Teshuvoth Bayith Chadash.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title with central cartouche surmounted by cherubs. ff. (6), 106, (2). Evenly foxed, final leaf starting, previous owners' signatures. Finely bound in contemporary blind-tooled calf over thick wooden boards, light wear, rebacked. Folio. Vinograd, Frankfurt 135.

Frankfurt a/Main: J. Voust 1697

Est: $800 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $750

The Ba’Ch (1561-1640) was one of the greatest Halachists of his time. He served as rabbi in Belz, Brisk and Cracow and is best remembered for this fundamental work on the Tur. Responsa no. 127 of this work, on the permissibility of using Christian tunes for Jewish prayer, was removed from later editions. Indeed this was not the only lenient position the author took; for example he permitted the reading of all subject matter on Sabbath and was instrumental in establishing the now universally accepted norm of Mechirath Chametz.