Sheiloth U’Teshuvoth Veshav HaKohen [responsa]. <<* With:>> Sheilath Hakohanim Torah [novellae to Kodashim]
AUCTION 61 |
Wednesday, March 12th,
2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 208
RAPHAEL HAKOHEN (HAMBURGER).
Sheiloth U’Teshuvoth Veshav HaKohen [responsa]. <<* With:>> Sheilath Hakohanim Torah [novellae to Kodashim]
Altona: Eckstorff 1792
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
The author (1722-1803) was a disciple of the Shaagath Aryeh and teacher of R. Chaim of Volozhin. He was appointed Chief Rabbi of the combined comunities of Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbeck in 1776. Ideologically, he was Moses Mendelssohn’s most bitter opponent and unsuccessfully attempted to have the Biur translation banned while it was still in manuscript. See A. Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study (1973) pp. 383-88, 392-93.