Transcription of various <<anti-Chassidic>> declarations, polemics and Cherems.

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm

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

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Lot 90

(CHASSIDISM).

Transcription of various <<anti-Chassidic>> declarations, polemics and Cherems.

Hebrew manuscript on paper, written in two Aschkenazic Hebrew hand. pp. 23. Sold not subject to return.

Lithuania(?): Early 19th century

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $225

Includes declarations from R. Meshulem Igra, ABD Pressberg, 1794; the Parnasim of Lvov (Lemberg); R. Zvi Hirsch Roseannes ABD Lvov; R. Yitzchak Chaim Blumenfeld ABD Reischa (Rzeszow) 1798; the Vilna Ga’on and 12 Community Elders of Vilna; ABD Fulda; ban by Cracow; transcription from Vilna Pinkas against Chassidim, 1798; claim of Chassidic celebrations the day the Vilna Gaon died; anti-Chassidic poem. 24 shorter pieces attributed falsehood and heresy to Chassidic Rebbes in an additional hand, ‘copied from the will of R. David rabbi here in Makavo (Makó, Hungary)… by Aaron Raphael, grandson of the rabbi’.