Rabbanei Hagar [“The Rabbis of Hungary.”]

STEIN, MEIR.

(Tirnau

1924)

Autograph Manuscript in Hebrew, written in square and cursive scripts, with some Hungarian. Three volumes. Vol I: ff. 175. Names of rabbis commencing with the letter “Mem.” * Vol. II: ff. 98, 23. Names of rabbis commencing with the letters “Nun” until “Reish.” * Vol. III: ff. 131. Names of rabbis commencing with the letter “Shin.”

An important contribution to the history of rabbis serving Hungary. The author (1865-1933) served as Rabbi of Miklosz and later Tirnau and published both responsa and rabbinic history. He studied under R. Simcha Bunim Sofer of Pressburg and other prominent rabbis such as R. Joseph Honig of Nitra and the rabbis of Erlau and Galanta. See M. A. Z. Kinstlicher, HeChasam Sofer VeTalmidav (2005) p. 591. Vol II also contains addresses and lectures delivered at a meeting of the Agudath HaRabanim in Pressburg, 1924. Vol. III also contains a commentary on various Talmudic tractates.