Lot 394
Maharit Responsa – Fürth, 1768 – Important Signatures
Mahari Mitrani Responsa (Maharit), second section. Rabbi Yosef of Trani. Fürth, [1768].
Signature on title page: “Avraham Freistadt of Pressburg” – the Ga’on Rabbi Avraham Freistadt Av Beit Din of Komarno. Additional signatures of Rabbi Shmuel Zummer Av Beit Din of Papa, with notation in his handwriting: “I have borrowed this book from my friend the exalted genius Rabbi Avraham Freistadt Av Beit Din of Komarno”. Lengthy handwritten comment in handwriting of Rabbi Shmuel upon margins of one of pages.
The Ga’on Rabbi Avraham Freistadt (passed away in 1830), disciple of Rabbi Meshulam Igra in Pressburg. From 1803 served as Av Beit Din of Komarno. The Chatam Sofer held him in high esteem and corresponded with him (see: Personalities in Responsa of the Chatam Sofer, p. 30).
The Ga’on Rabbi Shmuel Zummer (1808-1859), disciple of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Heller author of “Tiv Gitin” in his birth town Bonyhád. Served in the rabbinate of Güssing, Vrbové, and toward the end of his lifetime in Papa (for additional information about him see: Personalities in Responsa of the Chatam Sofer, pp. 386-387).
[1], 145, [2] leaves. 33 cm. Good condition, stains, moth marks, tears on title page and on several leaves with scotch tape restorations. Damaged binding.
