Cheker Halachah.
AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 87
EHRENTREU, CHANOCH.
Cheker Halachah.
Munich: J. Hirschinger 1904
Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $600
A polemic against Meir Lerner’s Halachic position concerning the exhumation of remains in order to rebury them elsewhere and the prohibition of burying cremated bodies in a Jewish cemetery.
The author (1854-1927), was Rabbi of Munich for nearly 50 years and authored a number of scholarly works. His grandson and namesake is the Rosh Beth Din Emeritus of the United Synagogue of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth.