Lot 231
Halachic Question – Rabbi Chaim Zussman HaCohen Av Beit Din of Manchester – 1882
Letter with a halachic question, regarding Chalitza, to Rabbi Shmuel of Salant. Manchester. Handwritten and signed by Rabbi Chaim Zussman HaCohen. Kislev 1882.
Rabbi Chaim Zussman (Ze'ev) HaCohen (died c. 1909), son-in-law of Rabbi Ya'akov Rabinowitz Av Beit Din of Vawkavysk and dayan in London. Served as Rabbi of Manchester and after the death of his father-in-law, moved to London to succeed him as dayan in the Beit Din of Rabbi Nathan Adler, author of Netina LaGer, Chief Rabbi of London and its surroundings. His Torah novellae were published through various channels: the Torah MiZion compilations; the book Daltei Teshuva; Passover Hagadda of Spiers.
His responses to this halachic question of Rabbi Chaim Zussman and the responses of Rabbi Shmuel Salant of Jerusalem, Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spector and the Netziv of Volozhin were printed in the book Torat Rabbi Shmuel Salant (Jerusalem, 1998), Part 2, pp. 432-455.
4 pages, 33 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and wear.
