RAPOPORT, CHAIM HAKOHEN OF OSTROG. Mayim Chaim [responsa]. With Otzroth Chaim [Torah commentary]

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 71

(CHASSIDISM).

RAPOPORT, CHAIM HAKOHEN OF OSTROG. Mayim Chaim [responsa]. With Otzroth Chaim [Torah commentary]

Approbations include R. Shalom of Belz and R. Abraham Joshua Heschel of Apta. Additional title-pages. pp. 84, 151. Light wear and stains, marginal repairs. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Folio Vinograd, Zhitomir 222 (unseen)

Zhitomir: Chanania Lipa & Joshua Heschel Shapiro 1857-58

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $500

Bound with: JOSEPH YEHUDAH STRASBERG (Dayan of Kosiv). Sheiloth UTeshuvoth Yad Yoseph. Jerusalem, 1898. Mayim Chaim is important for the history of Chassiduth as it contains the only known citation of the Baal Shem Tov's signature as a witness to a legal document (see p. 50, responsa no. 27)