Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Letter from Rabbi Shimon Babad, Rabbi of Tarnopol - Son of the "Minchat Chinuch"
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Letter signed by R. "Shimon Babad, Tarnopol, son of the Gaon, author of Sefer Minchat Chinuch" Tarnopol (Ternopil), 1886.
Written by a scribe, with two signature lines handwritten by R. Shimon Babad. Halachic responsum to R. Shmuel Salant, rabbi of Jerusalem, regarding Jewish divorce. Thereafter follows a short letter signed by R. Yisrael Parnas, Av Beit Din of Tarnopol.
R. Shimon Babad (1839-1909) was the son of R. Yosef Babad, author of the Sefer Minchat Chinuch. He succeeded his father in the Tarnopol rabbinate in 1874. He authored an introduction and glosses to his father's work that were published in the "Minchat Chinuch".
R. Yisrael Parnas (1835-1905) was the Av Beit Din and Moreh Tzedek in Tarnopol for many years, and author of Sefer Yefe Nof (Lviv, 1891). See Wunder, Encyclopedia LeChachmei Galicia, IV, pp. 264-266.
[1] leaf, approximately 22 cm. Good condition. Slight damage to margins.
Written by a scribe, with two signature lines handwritten by R. Shimon Babad. Halachic responsum to R. Shmuel Salant, rabbi of Jerusalem, regarding Jewish divorce. Thereafter follows a short letter signed by R. Yisrael Parnas, Av Beit Din of Tarnopol.
R. Shimon Babad (1839-1909) was the son of R. Yosef Babad, author of the Sefer Minchat Chinuch. He succeeded his father in the Tarnopol rabbinate in 1874. He authored an introduction and glosses to his father's work that were published in the "Minchat Chinuch".
R. Yisrael Parnas (1835-1905) was the Av Beit Din and Moreh Tzedek in Tarnopol for many years, and author of Sefer Yefe Nof (Lviv, 1891). See Wunder, Encyclopedia LeChachmei Galicia, IV, pp. 264-266.
[1] leaf, approximately 22 cm. Good condition. Slight damage to margins.
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