Shailoth Uteshuvoth...Manhir Einei Chachamim [responsa]

AUCTION 3 |
Tuesday, November 25th,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Lot 176
MEIR BEN GEDALIAH OF LUBLIN.
Shailoth Uteshuvoth...Manhir Einei Chachamim [responsa]
Venice: Pietro & Lorenzo Bragadin 1618
Est: $350 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $650
These responsa by the MaHaRa”M of Lublin (1558-1616) offer the earliest source of information on the Council of Four Lands, and are altogether significant as relating to Polish Jewry. Regarding the cancelled leaf (f. 14) found in only one copy (Library of Agudath Chassidei Chabad, New York), see Y. Rivkind in: Sepher Hayovel Lichvod Alexander Marx (1950) pp. 427-28 (illustrated)