Responsa Manuscript of Rabbi Shmuel Engel - Radomyshl, 1901

Responsa Manuscript of Rabbi Shmuel Engel - Radomyshl, 1901
Two large leaves handwritten and signed by R. Shmuel Engel. Radomyshl, [Av / Chanukah 1901].
Double leaf from R. Shmuel Engel's responsa notebook. The first leaf contains the first two pages of a responsum regarding the erasing of a Holy name (lacking end of responsum). The second leaf features the conclusion of a responsum regarding agunot, with his signature: "I hereby affix my signature, Monday, 4th day of Chanukah 1901, Radomyshl, Shmuel Engel, rabbi of this community". The first responsum was addressed to R. Elisha Brander dayan and posek of Beitsch, and was printed in Responsa of R. Shmuel Engel, part I, section 89 (dated Av 1901). At the top of this manuscript, the following inscription: "I will copy here what I responded to the sharp and erudite rabbi… R. Elisha, posek of…".
The renowned R. Shmuel Engel, rabbi of Radomyshl (1853-1935), a leading Galician Torah scholar and foremost halachic authority of his generation. A close disciple of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and of his son R. Yechezkel Halberstam of Shinova. at the young age of 18, he was appointed rabbi of Biłgoraj (Poland). In 1879, he was compelled to leave Poland, and resided for a couple of years in Rudnik (Galicia) at the home of his friend R. Baruch Halberstam of Gorlitz and together they studied Torah, Halacha and Kabbalah. In 1881, he was appointed Rabbi of Dukla (Galicia) and ca. 1887, of Radomyshl (Galicia). During WWI, he exiled to Waitzen (Vác, Hungary) and in 1918, he wandered further and settled in Kashoi (Košice), were he was appointed head of the Beit Din, remaining there until his passing. His son R. Chaim Engel succeeded him in the Radomyshl rabbinate. R Shmuel Engel authored the eight-book Responsa Maharash series, Chiddushei Maharash on the Talmud, Siftei Maharash on the Torah and more. His biography is printed in the book Shem MiShmuel (Munkacs, 1940).
[2] joined leaves (two and a half pages of closely written script). 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Light wear and tears. Stains.