YOCHANAN B. ISAAC OF HOELLESCHAU (Editor). Teshuvath Ha’geonim [responsa concerning the correct pronunciation of the name of God]. * Ma’aseh Rav [halachic polemic]

AUCTION 16 | Tuesday, June 25th, 2002 at 1:00

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

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YOCHANAN B. ISAAC OF HOELLESCHAU (Editor). Teshuvath Ha’geonim [responsa concerning the correct pronunciation of the name of God]. * Ma’aseh Rav [halachic polemic]

FIRST EDITION. Title within decorative frame. ff. (1),18,(1). Browned, foxed in places, trace marginal worming, few leaves neatly rehinged. Recent cloth-backed marbled boards, gently rubbed at extremities. 4to Vinograd, Amsterdam 832; Fuks, Amsterdam 426

Amsterdam: Immanuel ben Joseph Athias 1707

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

The polemic concerns a divorce granted by Chief Rabbi Aaron Hart to one Ansel Katz of London prior his sailing to the West Indies. This decision was publicly criticized by Uri Phoebus (Mordechai) Hamburger who was promptly placed under the communal ban of “herem.” The ensuing quarrel caused a rift in the Aschkenazic congregation of London.