Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Keren Shmuel Responsum – Concerning Eating legumes – Prague, 1841

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Keren Shmuel Responsum, Halachic responsum concerning the eating of legumes on Passover, by Rabbi Shmuel Freind. Prague, 1841.
Written as a response to the Ashroo Chamutz booklet and to the appeal of the enlightenists and reformists to permit the eating of legumes on Passover.
Rabbi Shmuel Freind (1795-1860, Otzar HaRabbanim 19335), famous genius, Rosh Av Beit Din of Prague, author of Ir Hatzedek and additional books. Among the fighters against the reform in Prague. [For additional information related to him see: Personalities in the Chatam Sofer Responsa, page 389].
11 leaves. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Moth stains. Stains.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman’s private collection.
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