YOCHANAN B. ISAAC OF HOELLESCHAU (Editor). Teshuvath Ha’geonim [responsa concerning the correct pronunciation of the name of God]. * Ma’aseh Rav [halachic polemic]

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

printer

Immanuel ben Joseph Athias

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1707

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within decorative frame.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 832; Fuks, Amsterdam 426

summary

The polemic concerns a divorce granted by Chief Rabbi Aaron Hart to one Ansel Katz of London prior his sailing to the West Indies. This decision was publicly criticized by Uri Phoebus (Mordechai) Hamburger who was promptly placed under the communal ban of “herem.” The ensuing quarrel caused a rift in the Aschkenazic congregation of London.

ff. (1),18,(1). Browned, foxed in places, trace marginal worming, few leaves neatly rehinged. Recent cloth-backed marbled boards, gently rubbed at extremities. 4to

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