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LOT 16:

Only Edition: Birkat Shalom. The Antwerp Eruv. Antwerp, 1930

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Only Edition: Birkat Shalom. The Antwerp Eruv. Antwerp, 1930


Sefer Birkat Shalom - responsa regarding eruvin, mikvehs and gittin, by Rabbi Shalom Yitzchak Sternberg. With important approbations by Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzky, Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin, Rabbi Nachum Weidenfeld and more. Antwerp, 1930. Only edition. Uncommon sefer.


The first part of the sefer deals with the eruv in Antwerp. The author writes about the obstacles of not having an eruv, and a recommendation as to how to repair it. With letters from gedolei Yisrael on the topic. With a large diagram of Antwerp and other diagrams. Its writers include Rabbi Avraham, the Admo"r of Sochachov, Rabbi Meir Arik, and others.

The sefer bears an extensive discussion about how to write the name of the city of Antwerp in a get, with reference to the Jewish history there.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the author, Rabbi Shalom Yitzchak Sternberg.


[13], 165, [3] pp. Printed on high-quality paper. 23 cm.

Fine condition. Signatures. Aging stains.


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