YOCHANAN B. ISAAC OF HOELLESCHAU (Editor). Teshuvath Ha’geonim [responsa concerning the correct pronunciation of the name of God]. * WITH: Ma’aseh Rav [halachic polemic]. * ACCOMPANIED BY: Another Copy

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $550

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author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

printer

Immanuel ben Joseph Athias

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1707

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographical border

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 832; Fuks, Amsterdam 426

summary

The polemic concerns a divorce granted by Chief Rabbi Aaron Hart to one Ansel Katz of London prior his sailing to the West Indies. This decision was publicly criticized by Uri Phoebus (Mordechai) Hamburger who was promptly placed under the communal ban of “herem.” The ensuing quarrel caused a rift in the Aschkenazic congregation of London.

ff.(1), 18. Lightly browned, trace foxing. Modern boards, sm. 4 to

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