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

AUCTION 17 | Tuesday, November 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners

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Lot 41

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

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographical border ff.(1), 18. Lightly browned, trace foxing. Modern boards, sm. 4 to Vinograd, Amsterdam 832; Fuks, Amsterdam 426

Amsterdam: Immanuel ben Joseph Athias 1707

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $550

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.