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Devar HaShemitah – Heter Mechirah Controversy – Jerusalem, 1889
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Devar HaShemitah, by R. Eliezer Eliyahu Wallenstein – letters of rabbis and opposition to Heter Mechirah. Jerusalem: Zichron Shlomo, sons of R. Y. L. Löwy, 1889.
Contains halachic rulings supporting and opposing Heter Mechirah, an allowance for agricultural work in the Shemitah year by sale of the land to a non-Jew. Stamps (Hebrew and English).
26 pages. 16 cm. Dry paper. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves, repaired with paper filling. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 648.
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Early Books Printed in Jerusalem – Books and Booklets, Proclamations and Signed Letters
Early Books Printed in Jerusalem – Books and Booklets, Proclamations and Signed Letters