(“The Ba’al Haflo’oh.”) Autograph Hebrew Manuscript, Signed

Horowitz, PinCHas

Concerns an issue relating to the permissibility of utilizing fabric that was customarily sold in Frankfurt a/Main in which there is a suspicion the presence of cotton might be found within the fibres. The Rabbi rules leniently

The highly respected scholar and revered sage, Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz (1730-1805), later to be known as the Ba'al Hafla'ah, was Rabbi of the Polish communities of Witkow and Lechwitz and then Rabbi of Frankfurt from 1771-1805. A contemporary of Nathan Adler, Horowitz was one of the great scholars of his generation. He was know to display gentleness and tolerance towards opposing views. An edited version of the Halachic issue found in the present manuscript is located in the collection of the Ba’al Haflo’oh’s responsa Givat Pinchas (Lemberg, 1837) Siman 60. The present manuscript provides further details than the published version as well as additional nuances regarding reasoning