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(The Würzburger Rav, 1807-78). Atikta Vechadata [comments and novellae to Sepher HaTashbatz especially as compared to the Orchoth Chaim; with responsa and Talmud novellae]

Auction 80 · Lot 94

(The Würzburger Rav, 1807-78). Atikta Vechadata [comments and novellae to Sepher HaTashbatz especially as compared to the Orchoth Chaim; with responsa and Talmud novellae]

Estimate
$1,000–$1,500
Hammer price
$1,700

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(BAMBERGER, YITZCHAK DOV HALEVI).

Place

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Publication

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Description

Hebrew Manuscript on paper, written by the author’s son, R. Solomon Bamberger

summary

Unpublished manuscript attributed to R. Seligmann Baer (Isaac Dov HaLevi) Bamberger, one of the outstanding Rabbis of German Orthodoxy. The final leaf states “All these subjects are copied from the fourth part of of the ledgers that my father the Gaon of blessed memory left as a blessing…” Among interesting responsa is one concerning boys and girls singing together (f. 43b). Contains recorded correspondence with R. Mendel Kargau of Furth and R. Avraham Wechsler of Schwabach (ff. 46b-49a). R. Abraham Bing is cited on f. 64a and the Vilna Gaon is cited on f. 66a.
ff. 77. Light wear, final leaf torn. Contemporary boards. 8vo.
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