(Rabbi of Hebron, author of Sdei Chemed. 1832-1904). Autograph Manuscript Signed in Hebrew. A response written to R. Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe (of Rozenoi) concerning chalitzah and novellae on laws in Yoreh Deah relating to the use of milk from a neveilah
AUCTION 50 |
Thursday, February 24th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art
Lot 238
MEDINI, CHAIM CHEZKIYAHU
(Rabbi of Hebron, author of Sdei Chemed. 1832-1904). Autograph Manuscript Signed in Hebrew. A response written to R. Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe (of Rozenoi) concerning chalitzah and novellae on laws in Yoreh Deah relating to the use of milk from a neveilah
(Krasobazar): Rosh Chodesh Kislev 1883
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,000
Chaim Chezkiyahu Medini’s fame rests upon his monumental halachic encyclopedia, Sdei Chemed. Born in Jerusalem, he lived in Constantinople and from 1867 to 1899 was Rabbi of Krasobazar in the Crimea. See M. Benayahu, in L. Jung (ed.) Men of the Spirit, pp. 107-21
R. Medini writes in this letter that he sought the opinion of four "Gedolei HaDor" on this difficult question concerning Chalitzah and is anxiously awaiting Rabbi Jaffe's response. Beyond his exceptional scholarly prowess, the respondent, R. Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe (1820-91), was an activist on behalf of the Chibath Zion movement who settled in Yehud, a small colony near Petach Tikvah in 1888. His son-in-law was R. Joseph Zachariah Stern of Shavel