Rabbanei Hagar [“The Rabbis of Hungary.”]
AUCTION 70 |
Thursday, September 22nd,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 138
STEIN, MEIR.
Rabbanei Hagar [“The Rabbis of Hungary.”]
(Tirnau: 1924)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
An important contribution to the history of rabbis serving Hungary.
The author (1865-1933) served as Rabbi of Miklosz and later Tirnau and published both responsa and rabbinic history. He studied under R. Simcha Bunim Sofer of Pressburg and other prominent rabbis such as R. Joseph Honig of Nitra and the rabbis of Erlau and Galanta. See M. A. Z. Kinstlicher, HeChasam Sofer VeTalmidav (2005) p. 591.
Vol II also contains addresses and lectures delivered at a meeting of the Agudath HaRabanim in Pressburg, 1924. Vol. III also contains a commentary on various Talmudic tractates.