Shailoth Uteshuvoth MeHaRa”M Mintz [responsa]

AUCTION 11 | Tuesday, November 28th, 2000 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 98

MINTZ, MOSES BEN ISSAC

Shailoth Uteshuvoth MeHaRa”M Mintz [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. Title within decorative woodcut border with floral and ornithological motifs ff. 156, (10). Lightly browned and stained in places, title neatly remargined, ff.2-3 loose. Recent boards. 4to Vinograd, Cracow 330

Cracow: Isaac Prostitz 1617

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

The MaHaRa”M Mintz was one of the greatest German Halachic scholars of the 15th century. As Rabbi of Bamberg, Nürnberg and Posen he featured prominently within many communal issues in Germany and beyond. His responsa are important for the delineation of Aschkenazi custom, the Takanoth of Rabbeinu Gershom and Takanoth ShU”M (Speyer, Worms and Mainz). Of significance is the author’s veherment opposition to the Takanoth that were enacted by Seligman Bing Oppenheim without the approval of the communal leaders and Rabbis