…Pesakim Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

AUCTION 12 | Tuesday, March 13th, 2001 at 1:00

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

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Lot 212

MINZI, JUDAH

…Pesakim Shailoth Uteshuvoth [responsa]

FIRST EDITION. The Solomon Hirschel Copy. Presented on the Occasion of his Marriage, from Shmaya ben Chaim Lanzburg of Berlin. ff. 134. Paper repairs to title page, affecting printer’s device, dampstained in places. Recent boards. 4to Vinograd, Venice 460; not in Adams

Venice: Alvise Bragadin 1553

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $2,600

Three-part work includes Seder Gitin Vechalitzah (on Divorce) by the Author’s son Abraham Minz, as well as a further 90 responsa by R. Abraham’s son-in-law, Meir Katzenellenbogen (MaHRa”M of Padua) containing many important and controversial responsa. Respunsum number 5 allows the marriage of a prostitute who was nursing a child, in order to prevent her and her proposed husband from opprobrium. Responsum number 9 concerns the correct Bar Mitzvah date of a boy born in a leap year. Responsum number 16 discusses cross-dressing on Purim.