RAPOPORT, CHAIM HAKOHEN OF OSTROG. Mayim Chaim [responsa]. With Otzroth Chaim [Torah commentary]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $500

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

author

(CHASSIDISM).

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Chanania Lipa & Joshua Heschel Shapiro

Place

Zhitomir

Publication

1857-58

Description

Approbations include R. Shalom of Belz and R. Abraham Joshua Heschel of Apta. Additional title-pages.

references

Vinograd, Zhitomir 222 (unseen)

summary

Bound with: JOSEPH YEHUDAH STRASBERG (Dayan of Kosiv). Sheiloth UTeshuvoth Yad Yoseph. Jerusalem, 1898. Mayim Chaim is important for the history of Chassiduth as it contains the only known citation of the Baal Shem Tov's signature as a witness to a legal document (see p. 50, responsa no. 27)

pp. 84, 151. Light wear and stains, marginal repairs. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Folio

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