JAFFE, SHALOM ELCHANAN. Sho’el Kinyan [responsa regarding the construction of a Mikva and an Eruv in St. Louis, MO]. With glosses “Ma’ayan Eliezer” by Eliezer Zalman Grayevski.

Estimate

$300–$500

Hammer price

$750

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

printer

n.p.

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1895

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title printed in red and black.

references

Friedberg, Shin 503

summary

The first response of a protracted halachic polemic between Zechariah Rosenfeld and Shalom Jaffe concerning the halachic validity of a Mikva constructed by in St. Louis. Jaffe went as far as enlisted the support of Samuel Salant of Jerusaslem in this polemic. The collection also contains a responsum permitting the construction of an Eruv in St. Louis utilizing telegraph poles, as well as responses to questions addressed from Leavenworth, Kansas (p.158), Kalamazoo, Michigan (p.140) and other American congregations.

pp. (6),10; ff.124,16. Lightly browned. Recent boards. Sm. 4to

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