Lot 405
Maharil Responsa – Hanava, 1610 – Glosses by Rabbi Michael Yaffe
Rabbi Ya’akov Segal [Maharil] responsa. Hanau, [1610].
Owner signature on leaf following title page: “Mordechai Michael… of Kratshin” – Rabbi Mordechai Michael Yaffe. The book contains approximately twenty lengthy glosses in his handwriting.
The Ga’on Rabbi Mordechai Michael Yaffe (1803-1868, Otzar HaRabbanim 14219), among the most prominent disciples of the Ga’on Rabbi Akiva Eiger. Adamantly refused to receive rabbinical authority until all his possessions were burned, he then became rabbi in Zadon and later on in Shmiegel. From 1849 he left the rabbinate, settled in the Kloiz in Hamburg and was a great Torah teacher. Author of Maharam Yaffe Responsa and Beit Menachem. For additional information related to him see attached material.
[1], 72 leaves. 18 cm. Good condition. Stains and signs of mildew. Minor restoration on title page. Hole with omission of text on last leaf. Cloth binding, stained.
