Shailoth Uteshuvoth MeHaRa”M Mintz [responsa]

MINTZ, MOSES BEN ISSAC

Isaac Prostitz

Cracow

1617

FIRST EDITION. Title within decorative woodcut border with floral and ornithological motifs

Vinograd, Cracow 330

The MaHaRa”M Mintz was one of the greatest German Halachic scholars of the 15th century. As Rabbi of Bamberg, Nürnberg and Posen he featured prominently in relation to many communal issues in Germany and beyond. His responsa are important for the delineation of Aschkenazi custom, the Takanoth of Rabbeinu Gershom and Takanoth ShU”M (Speyer, Worms and Mainz). Of significance is the author’s veherment opposition to the Takanoth that were enacted by Seligman Bing Oppenheim without the approval of the communal leaders and Rabbis