Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Tashbetz, Cremona 1556 – Signature of Rabbi Isaac Kalish Livna, Disciple of Rabbi Yehonatan Eibshitz and the Father of the Kalish Family
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Tashbetz, rulings and customs of the Maharam of Rottenburg. [Cremona, 1556. Printed by Vincenzo Conti]. First edition.
On the last leaf is an ancient handwritten inscription: "Belongs to Isaac Livna called by all Isaac Kalish". Rabbi Isaac Kalish Livna (died 1783), a prominent disciple of Rabbi Yehonatan Eibshitz in Prague. He was involved in the Ya'avetz polemic and his signature appears on the ban from 1751 in the book Luchot HaEdut. In 1741, he was appointed Rabbi of the Stomfai (Stupava) community, and from 1762 he served as Av Beit Din of Teflitz. He established a yeshiva in Teflitz and taught many disciples. Printed in the Nodah Yehuda responsa are two halachic responses addressed to him and the Nodah B'Yehuda called him "My loved one the extraordinary rabbi…" [see attached material].
Another signature on Leaf 42/1 in an earlier handwriting: "Yechizkia ben R' Yoske Meir Ves—".
[3], 55 leaves (lacking title page and two first leaves of indexes. Originally: [6], 55 leaves). 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition, spotting. Restorations to first leaf. Non-original binding.
On the last leaf is an ancient handwritten inscription: "Belongs to Isaac Livna called by all Isaac Kalish". Rabbi Isaac Kalish Livna (died 1783), a prominent disciple of Rabbi Yehonatan Eibshitz in Prague. He was involved in the Ya'avetz polemic and his signature appears on the ban from 1751 in the book Luchot HaEdut. In 1741, he was appointed Rabbi of the Stomfai (Stupava) community, and from 1762 he served as Av Beit Din of Teflitz. He established a yeshiva in Teflitz and taught many disciples. Printed in the Nodah Yehuda responsa are two halachic responses addressed to him and the Nodah B'Yehuda called him "My loved one the extraordinary rabbi…" [see attached material].
Another signature on Leaf 42/1 in an earlier handwriting: "Yechizkia ben R' Yoske Meir Ves—".
[3], 55 leaves (lacking title page and two first leaves of indexes. Originally: [6], 55 leaves). 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition, spotting. Restorations to first leaf. Non-original binding.
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