Auction 54 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Manuscripts of Rabbi Moshe Stern, Rabbi of Poienile de sub Munte

Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Collection of handwritten leaves. Novellae of treatises and various inscriptions, handwritten and signed by R. "Moshe Stern". [19th/20th century].
R. Moshe Stern (1852-1923), a leading rabbi of the Maramureş region was born in Poland and arrived in Hungary as a young man. He received semicha from the author of the Yitav Lev, Rabbi of Siget and for 10 year lived in the city of Wąsewo by his father-in-law R. Yitzchak Leib Kahane. From 1882, he served in the Dragomiresti rabbinate, and in 1890 moved to serve in the rabbinate of Poienile de sub Munte (Hawas-Mezo). His son-in-law is the well-known R. David Shperber Rabbi of Braşov, who was a posek in Poienile de sub Munte during 1908-1922. Few of his novellae were printed in the book Afarkesta D'Anya by his son-in-law R. Shperber (Mahadurat Yerushalayim, 1881).
Approximately [40] leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall condition: fair-poor, wear and worming.
Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)
Manuscripts - Ashkenaz (Central Europe)