Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
Five Responsa from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein – To his Disciple Author of Rivevot Efraim
Opening: $2,500
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
Sold for: $7,500
Including buyer's premium
Collection of five lengthy letters handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Feinstein, addressed to rabbis of Memphis, Tennessee: His beloved disciple R. Efraim Greenblatt (author of Rivevot Efraim) and R. Aryeh Abba Levin. New York and Monsey, 1957-1972.
Responsa pertaining to various halachic topics. The introductions and conclusions of the letters relate to personal matters, good year blessings and holiday wishes, regards, words of encouragement and friendship, condolences and visiting the sick, and other topics (in the letter from Tishrei 1957, R. Moshe informs of the wedding of his son R. Shalom Reuven on 18th Cheshvan – "May G-d allow us to only announce good news to one another").
The halachic contents of the letter were mostly printed in the responsa series Igrot Moshe (Yoreh De'ah I, sections 256-257; Yoreh De'ah II, sections 32 and 172; Orach Chaim IV, section 31; Orach Chaim III, sections 71, 41, 101, 31). The personal matters and some of the halachic responsa were not published, such as responsa on the topic of answering Amen after "VeYatzmach Purkanei"; answering Amen in the middle of Asher Yatzar; on the laws of a High Priest who was removed from priesthood; and regarding the reason for not reciting Tachanun in the days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot.
R. Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), foremost halachic authority in the United States. A leader of Orthodox Jewry, he served as president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, and chairman of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. He was the dean of the Tiferet Yerushalayim yeshiva in New York. He authored Responsa Igrot Moshe, Dibrot Moshe – Talmudic novellae and Darash Moshe - novellae on the Torah.
5 letters, official stationery. Approx. 28 cm. Three of the letters are written on both sides. Good condition. Light wear and minor stains.
Responsa pertaining to various halachic topics. The introductions and conclusions of the letters relate to personal matters, good year blessings and holiday wishes, regards, words of encouragement and friendship, condolences and visiting the sick, and other topics (in the letter from Tishrei 1957, R. Moshe informs of the wedding of his son R. Shalom Reuven on 18th Cheshvan – "May G-d allow us to only announce good news to one another").
The halachic contents of the letter were mostly printed in the responsa series Igrot Moshe (Yoreh De'ah I, sections 256-257; Yoreh De'ah II, sections 32 and 172; Orach Chaim IV, section 31; Orach Chaim III, sections 71, 41, 101, 31). The personal matters and some of the halachic responsa were not published, such as responsa on the topic of answering Amen after "VeYatzmach Purkanei"; answering Amen in the middle of Asher Yatzar; on the laws of a High Priest who was removed from priesthood; and regarding the reason for not reciting Tachanun in the days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot.
R. Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), foremost halachic authority in the United States. A leader of Orthodox Jewry, he served as president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, and chairman of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. He was the dean of the Tiferet Yerushalayim yeshiva in New York. He authored Responsa Igrot Moshe, Dibrot Moshe – Talmudic novellae and Darash Moshe - novellae on the Torah.
5 letters, official stationery. Approx. 28 cm. Three of the letters are written on both sides. Good condition. Light wear and minor stains.
Letters – Lithuanian Rabbis
Letters – Lithuanian Rabbis