Ohalei Ya’akov [responsa concerning the sale of a Torah Scroll to a non-Jew.]

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YUTES, YA’AKOV YITZCHAK.

Ohalei Ya’akov [responsa concerning the sale of a Torah Scroll to a non-Jew.]

<<First edition.>> A wide margined copy. ff. (2), 52. Trace foxed. Later boards. 4to. Vinograd, Lemberg 803.

Lemberg: Grossman 1848

Est: $400 - $600

The secular authorities sought to purchase a Torah Scroll for utilization by the court-system, whereon Jews would swear an oath. The author corresponded with many of the outstanding rabbinic authorities concerning this matter, including R. Tzvi Hirsch Orenstein of Brisk, R. Aaron Moshe Taubes of Jassy, R. Tzvi Hirsch Chayoth of Zolkiew, R. Elazar Horowitz of Vienna and R. Joseph Shaul Nathanson of Lvov.