FLECKELES, ELIEZER

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 175

FLECKELES, ELIEZER

Teshuvah Me’ahavah [responsa]. Part I. ff. 10,90,(9). [Vinograd, Prague 1094]. Eva Diesbach for Franz Gommer, 1809. * Part II. ff. (4), 56 (i.e. 58). Trace foxed on a few leaves. [Vinograd, Prague 1140]. Franz Joseph Scholl, 1815. * Part III [on all of Shulchan Aruch-Yoreh De’ah]. ff. (3), 97. [Vinograd, Prague 1176]. Joseph Scholl, 1821 Generally, clean copies. Previous owner’s inscription on title of Part II. Later mottled calf-backed boards, gently rubbed at extremities. Folio

Prague: v.d

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

This collection of 450 responsa was the first to be arranged according to the order of the great Rabbinic code, the Shulchan Aruch. As a halachist, Fleckeles was opposed to the hair-splitting methods of pilpul and to what he referred to as “labored solutions.” Throughout his judgements, he is careful to make allowance for local traditional custom, thus interesting sociological insight concerning such matters may be gleaned