Chidushim V’Shut [novellea and responsa]

FRANKEL, YA’AKOV BARUCH BEN URI LIPMANN.

Pressburg

1811-14

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Ashkenazic hand on tinted paper.

UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT. This volume contains novellea on several tractates of Talmud, homilies and eulogies (a eulogy on R. Nathan Adler is on ff. 37b-41a). Also includes responsa from R. Tzvi Hirsch Heller of Ungvar (author of Tiv Gittin, see f. 69b), the author’s uncle R. Binyamin Zev Rappoport Rabbi of Papa (see ff. 15b-16a) and others, with a detailed index at the end. The Chasam Sofer is often cited (see ff. 3a, 5a, 22a, 27b and 53b). R. Ya’akov Baruch Frankel (d. 1863) studied under R. Yoav of Mattersdorf and R. Tzvi Hirsch Heller of Budapest before joining the Yeshiva of R. Moshe Sofer (the Chasam Sofer). Possessing independent means of support from his wealthy father-in-law, R. Ya’akov spent his life immersed in Torah study. Throughout his writings, R. Ya’akov cites his teacher the Chassam Sofer, indeed, several of the later’s responsa are addressed to him (see HaChatham Sofer VeTalmidav (2005) pp. 230-32).