Noda BeYehudah [responsa]. Mahadura Kama

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Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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LANDAU, EZEKIEL.

Noda BeYehudah [responsa]. Mahadura Kama

FIRST EDITION. Two parts bound in one volume ff. 2, 86, 9; 1,157. Some browning and staining, previous owners' marks. Modern boards. Folio Vinograd, Prague 914

Prague: M. Katz, Y. Jeiteles in the house of R. Zarach Eidelitz 1776

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $800

Ezekiel Landau (1713-1793), Chief Rabbi of Prague is best known for his monumental work of responsa, "Noda Biyehudah," one of the most authoritative sources in Halachic literature. He was a devoted and compassionate Rosh Yeshiva, and as community leader, a forceful presence when negotiating with government authorities during the numerous wars and threatened expulsions that plagued the Jewish community of the time