(Rabbi of Hebron, author of Sdei Chemed. 1832-1904). Autograph Manuscript Signed in Hebrew. A response written to R. Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe (of Rozenoi) concerning chalitzah and novellae on laws in Yoreh Deah relating to the use of milk from a neveilah

Estimate

$2,000–$2,500

Hammer price

$2,000

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author

MEDINI, CHAIM CHEZKIYAHU

printer

Rosh Chodesh Kislev

Place

(Krasobazar)

Publication

1883

summary

Chaim Chezkiyahu Medini’s fame rests upon his monumental halachic encyclopedia, Sdei Chemed. Born in Jerusalem, he lived in Constantinople and from 1867 to 1899 was Rabbi of Krasobazar in the Crimea. See M. Benayahu, in L. Jung (ed.) Men of the Spirit, pp. 107-21 R. Medini writes in this letter that he sought the opinion of four "Gedolei HaDor" on this difficult question concerning Chalitzah and is anxiously awaiting Rabbi Jaffe's response. Beyond his exceptional scholarly prowess, the respondent, R. Mordechai Gimpel Jaffe (1820-91), was an activist on behalf of the Chibath Zion movement who settled in Yehud, a small colony near Petach Tikvah in 1888. His son-in-law was R. Joseph Zachariah Stern of Shavel

One leaf written on both sides, some staining, slight hole caused by ink penetrating, but eminently readable

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