JAFFE, SHALOM ELCHANAN. Sho’el Kinyan [responsa regarding the construction of a Mikva and an Eruv in St. Louis, MO]. With glosses “Ma’ayan Eliezer” by Eliezer Zalman Grayevski.

AUCTION 13 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2001 at 1:00

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Lot 146

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

JAFFE, SHALOM ELCHANAN. Sho’el Kinyan [responsa regarding the construction of a Mikva and an Eruv in St. Louis, MO]. With glosses “Ma’ayan Eliezer” by Eliezer Zalman Grayevski.

FIRST EDITION. Title printed in red and black. pp. (6),10; ff.124,16. Lightly browned. Recent boards. Sm. 4to Friedberg, Shin 503

Jerusalem: n.p. 1895

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $750

The first response of a protracted halachic polemic between Zechariah Rosenfeld and Shalom Jaffe concerning the halachic validity of a Mikva constructed by in St. Louis. Jaffe went as far as enlisted the support of Samuel Salant of Jerusaslem in this polemic. The collection also contains a responsum permitting the construction of an Eruv in St. Louis utilizing telegraph poles, as well as responses to questions addressed from Leavenworth, Kansas (p.158), Kalamazoo, Michigan (p.140) and other American congregations.