Megilath Eivah.

AUCTION 68 | Thursday, April 07th, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 273

HELLER, YOM TOV LIPMANN.

Megilath Eivah.

Uncut copy. ff. (1), 14 (1). Modern boards. 12mo.

Warsaw: Y. Rotter 1870

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $250

A description of the accusations of heresy made against the Tosfos Yom Tov followed by his subsequent legal ordeal: Trial, incarceration and ultimate freedom. The final two pages contain a list of the great Rabbis buried in the Cracow cemetery as inscribed on a plaque in the city’s famed Ram’a Synagogue.