Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
Responsum Letter from Rabbi Amram Blum Author of Beit She'arim – Berettyóújfalu, 1885
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Lengthy letter (6 large pages) handwritten and signed by R. Amram Blum. Berettyóújfalu, 1885.
Torah responsum addressed to R. Avraham Tzvi Jung, pertaining to two Talmudic topics – the reading of the Megillah on a Purim which occurs on Shabbat, and Kilayim (forbidden mixture of wool and linen) in tzitzit. The letter begins with numerous titles expressing R. Amram Blum's esteem for R. Jung. Autograph, signed twice by R. Amram Blum. Following the first signature: "Amram Bluhm, residing in this town", is another paragraph, beginning with the words: "After writing, I reconsidered…" and concluding with his signature: "Amram Bluhm".
This letter was published as two different responsa in Responsa Beit She'arim: in the Orach Chaim part, section 371, and the Yoreh De'ah part, section 381; with minor editorial corrections.
R. Amram Blum (1834-1907) was a leading halachic authority in Hungary. Grandson of R. Amram Chasida (Rosenbaum) Rabbi of Mád and Safed. Close disciple of R. Meir Perles Rabbi of Karaly (Carei), and disciple of the Ketav Sofer and of the Machaneh Chaim. He earnt the reputation of an outstanding Torah scholar already in his youth, and in 1858, he was appointed rabbi of Álmosd at the age of 22. In 1864, he went to serve as rabbi of Mád (where his grandfather R. Amram Chasida had previously served as rabbi). From 1881, he served as rabbi of Khust and from 1883, of Berettyóújfalu, a position he held for over 25 years. He was known as one of the most prominent responders in Hungary, and his books Responsa Beit She'arim contain over 1000 halachic responsa on all four parts of Shulchan Aruch. His books were reprinted by his nephew R. Menashe Klein, rabbi of the Ungvar community in the United States and Jerusalem, who also founded in his memory the Beit She'arim yeshiva.
Recipient of the letter: R. Avraham Tzvi Jung, a leading Torah scholar of Berettyóújfalu. He exchanged halachic correspondence with foremost rabbis of his times, and responsa addressed to him appear in responsa books of the Maharam Schick, Mahariatz Weinberger, R. Amram Blum and R. Moshe Natan Jungreis.
[3] leaves (6 written pages, approx. 300 autograph lines). 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and tears (repaired).
Torah responsum addressed to R. Avraham Tzvi Jung, pertaining to two Talmudic topics – the reading of the Megillah on a Purim which occurs on Shabbat, and Kilayim (forbidden mixture of wool and linen) in tzitzit. The letter begins with numerous titles expressing R. Amram Blum's esteem for R. Jung. Autograph, signed twice by R. Amram Blum. Following the first signature: "Amram Bluhm, residing in this town", is another paragraph, beginning with the words: "After writing, I reconsidered…" and concluding with his signature: "Amram Bluhm".
This letter was published as two different responsa in Responsa Beit She'arim: in the Orach Chaim part, section 371, and the Yoreh De'ah part, section 381; with minor editorial corrections.
R. Amram Blum (1834-1907) was a leading halachic authority in Hungary. Grandson of R. Amram Chasida (Rosenbaum) Rabbi of Mád and Safed. Close disciple of R. Meir Perles Rabbi of Karaly (Carei), and disciple of the Ketav Sofer and of the Machaneh Chaim. He earnt the reputation of an outstanding Torah scholar already in his youth, and in 1858, he was appointed rabbi of Álmosd at the age of 22. In 1864, he went to serve as rabbi of Mád (where his grandfather R. Amram Chasida had previously served as rabbi). From 1881, he served as rabbi of Khust and from 1883, of Berettyóújfalu, a position he held for over 25 years. He was known as one of the most prominent responders in Hungary, and his books Responsa Beit She'arim contain over 1000 halachic responsa on all four parts of Shulchan Aruch. His books were reprinted by his nephew R. Menashe Klein, rabbi of the Ungvar community in the United States and Jerusalem, who also founded in his memory the Beit She'arim yeshiva.
Recipient of the letter: R. Avraham Tzvi Jung, a leading Torah scholar of Berettyóújfalu. He exchanged halachic correspondence with foremost rabbis of his times, and responsa addressed to him appear in responsa books of the Maharam Schick, Mahariatz Weinberger, R. Amram Blum and R. Moshe Natan Jungreis.
[3] leaves (6 written pages, approx. 300 autograph lines). 34 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and tears (repaired).
Letters – Hungarian, German and Central-European Rabbis
Letters – Hungarian, German and Central-European Rabbis