Teshuvah al Agunah [responsa regarding a “chained woman”]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $1,600

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author

(WOMEN).

Place

Constantinople

Publication

17th-18th century

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in semi-cursive Sephardic hand on paper.

summary

An anonymous responsa concerning a woman (one Sarah bath Shabthai, wife of Shmuel ben Moshe) who originated from the Polish city of Lipowitz, and now recently arrived in Constantinople, seeks to remarry.

ff. (6). Marginal tear affecting a few words on p. 2, few stains. Later sheep, rubbed. 8vo.

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