Auction 77
Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial
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Mar 15, 2021
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LOT 207:
Responsa Keter Kehunah – Zhovkva, 1805 – First Edition – With Responsa by the Maggid of Kozhnitz – Signatures of ...
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Responsa Keter Kehunah – Zhovkva, 1805 – First Edition – With Responsa by the Maggid of Kozhnitz – Signatures of Rabbi Chaim Natan Dembitzer Head of the Krakow Beit Din, Author of Kelilat Yofi
Responsa Keter Kehunah, by R. Yitzchak Avraham Katz of Pinchov (Pińczów; descendant of R. Shabtai Kohen, the Shach). [Zhovkva, 1805]. First edition.
The title page states "Part I", yet no other parts were printed. An exchange of halachic letters on the topic of agunot was printed in section 76, with two responsa by the Maggid of Kozhnitz, a responsum by R. Pinchas Horowitz author of the Haflaa, and a responsum by the author.
Ownership inscription on the title page, signed by R. Chaim Natan Dembitzer, dated 22nd Sivan 1852. His signature also appears on the second leaf.
R. Chaim Natan Dembitzer (1820-1892), head of the Krakow Beit Din and prominent rabbi in his times. He was involved in the great machine matzah polemic, and published Modaa LeBeit Yisrael – views of the rabbis opposing it. Prolific author, particularly on the history of Polish and Galician rabbis.
[1], 77 leaves. 36 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 248.
