(“The Netzi’v”). Raphael HaKohen ben Yekuthiel Ziskind Katz. Shailoth U’Teshuvoth VeShav HaKohen [responsa]. <<* With:>> Shailath HaKohanim Torah [novellae to Kodashim]
AUCTION 68 |
Thursday, April 07th,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 171
(BERLIN, NAPHTALI TZVI YEHUDAH).
(“The Netzi’v”). Raphael HaKohen ben Yekuthiel Ziskind Katz. Shailoth U’Teshuvoth VeShav HaKohen [responsa]. <<* With:>> Shailath HaKohanim Torah [novellae to Kodashim]
Altona: Eckstorff 1792
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
The Netziv (1817-93) was Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin, the foremost Talmudic Academy of 19th-century Russia. The author (1722-1803) was a disciple of the Sha’agath 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.