Lot 260
Knesset Hagedola – Copy with Signatures and Stamps of Greenwald Family Rabbis, Including Author of Arugat HaBosem
Sefer Knesset Hagedola on Choshen Mishpat by Rabbi Chaim Benvenisti. Fürth, [1692].
Ancient ownership signatures: Autograph of Rabbi “Amram Greenwald” and signatures of his son Rabbi “Moshe Greenwald Av Beit Din of Khust and region” and his grandson Rabbi “Avraham Yosef Greenwald Av Beit Din of Ungvar” as well as additional ownership signatures.
The Ga’on Rabbi Amram Greenwald (1831-1870) among the prominent disciples of the Ktav Sofer and the Maharam Ash. Already at a young age he was offered a positions in the rabbinate in large and prominent cities (Munkacz and others), however, he refused to accept a rabbinical position. Passed away before the age of 40. His son, the famous Ga’on Rabbi Moshe Ben-Amram Greenwarld, author of Arugat Bosem (1853-1910), was among the leading rabbis and Rashei Yeshivot of Hungary, served in the rabbinate of several congregations and from 1893 served as Av Beit Din of Khust. Many rabbis of Hungary were disciples of his. His grandson, the Ga’on Rabbi Avraham Yosef Greenwald (1878-1928) succeeded his father in the Khust rabbinate and from there moved to serve in the Ungvar rabbinate.
196 leaves, 31.5 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and moth damage.
