Responsa concerning silver Ceremonial Objects and other Judaica

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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Lot 238

FLECKELES, ELIEZER.

Responsa concerning silver Ceremonial Objects and other Judaica

Manuscript on paper. Four pages. Signed by him with his corrections with correction in his hand. With official government approval and signatures including, C. Fischer Folio

Prague: 1810

Est: $4,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $6,000

Responsa concerns an Royal Edict issued demanding all silver objects of value to be brought to the Treasury to be melted for a tax. The responsa debates ruling regarding synagogue and other ritual objects Eliezer Fleckeles (1754-1826) was one of the foremost disciples of Ezekiel Landau, the “Noda Be’yehuda.” After Landau’s death, he was appointed Supreme Justice of Prague’s Beth Din.