(Minchath, Aaron) on Sepher. Ha’aruch MeHaSha”ch [super-commentary to the Sha”ch on laws of blemished animals, with copies of halachic rulings by the author].
AUCTION 66 |
Thursday, November 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 72
AARON BEN MOSHE OF SCHWABACH.
(Minchath, Aaron) on Sepher. Ha’aruch MeHaSha”ch [super-commentary to the Sha”ch on laws of blemished animals, with copies of halachic rulings by the author].
Schwabach: Mid-18th century
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,500
<<Autograph manuscript>> of a important super commentary to Hilchoth Tereifoth by the Sha”ch (Yoreh De’ah 29-36) (published, Berlin 1767).
With: Collection of <<UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH>> copies of letters, responsa and halachic rulings composed by the author between the years 1772-81. Includes much historical detail regarding the social and communal affairs of the city and community of Shwabach, Bavaria, including a list of all the kosher ritual slaughterers.
R. Aaron (d. 1781), publisher of the the classic “Ha’aruch MeHasha’ch” with his comments served as chief rabbi of Schwabach, a city celebrated for its yeshiva that produced scholars of renown such as R. Joseph Steinhardt and R. Bezalel Ranschburg. He was the grandson of the Shach.