Auction 122 Part 1 Rare Manuscripts, Rabbinical & Admors Letters, Seforim & Amulets
By Winner'S
Jul 20, 2020
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 13:

Tena'im Document. Entirely Handwritten. Poznań, 1815.

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Tena'im Document. Entirely Handwritten. Poznań, 1815.


Engagement contract handwritten and signed in Poznań in 1815. With the signature of the attendant at Rabbi Akiva Eiger's synagogue.


Standing at the bride's side is the gaon Rabbi Yisrael Moshe, Av Beit Din of Kornik, author of Shu"t Rishmei She'elah (Warsaw 1811, with an approbation by Rabbi Akiva Eiger). The witnesses signed on the contract are: The youth Moshe son of the belated Rabbi Itzik, head attendant of the old synagogue, and R' Yechiel Michel b"r Eliyahu Levi, head attendant of the new synagogue.


Rabbi Moshe was the head attendant of the synagogue in which Rabbi Akiva Eiger prayed, and he is mentioned several times in the book Psakim V'Takanot by Rabbi Akiva Eiger (see pp. 55, 65 - photocopies included).


[1] double leaf paper. 20x33 cm. Thick paper.

Very fine condition. Minimal aging stains and fold marks.