Auction 8 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Neta Sha'ashu'im – Zholkiev, 1829

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Neta Sha'ashu'im, responsum book on the four parts of Shulchan Aruch, by Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Kara, Zholkiev, 1829. Notes by author's son Rabbi Yechiel Aichel and letters of response from the generation's scholars.
Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Kara, Av Beit Din in Buczacz and one of the outstanding scholars of his generation (1740-1814 Otzar Ha-Rabbanim 17447) was the father-in-law of Rebbe Avraham David Wahrman, Rabbi of Buczacz, who wrote Birkat David, Eshel Avraham, and Da'at Kdoshim, and many of his father-in-law's novellae are quoted in his works.
Ownership ink-stamp on title-page (with a picture of an eagle) Rabbi "M.AL Alter Jones Rabbin Bacau" in Hebrew and in foreign letters.
Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Leib Alter (Baharav), (1810-1873), a leading rabbi in Moldova, maintained correspondence with the Malbim. He was born thanks to the blessing of Rebbe Chaim of Tchernovitz who blessed his father that thanks to his involvement in releasing captives, he would be given a son that will be an outstanding rabbi (see enclosed material). He wrote Divrei Moshe, which contains laws of Brit Milah and halachic responsum
84 leaves, 35 cm. Good condition. Slight moth damages, stains.
Hassidism and Kabbalah
Hassidism and Kabbalah