Lot 258
Pamphlet in the Handwriting of Rabbi Wolf Hamburg with Glosses in the Handwriting of his Rabbi the Maharzach
Pamphlet with long halachic responsum concerning the law of marriage of a maidservant, by Rabbi Avraham Binyamin Wolf Hamburg, signed with the acronym "Ohev". Autographic writing of the author with erasures, additions and glosses and additions in the handwriting of his rabbi the Maharzach – Rabbi Meshulam Zalman Cohen. [Furth, c. 1800].
Rabbi Wolf (Avraham Binyamin Wolf) Hamburg (1770-1850), one of the leading rabbis in Germany who did not spare effort or financial resources in opposing the Reform Movement. Foremost disciple of the Maharzach Rabbi Meshulam Zalman Cohen (1739-1820), Av Beit Din and Head of the Fürth Yeshiva, author of Bigdei Kehuna. While his teacher was still alive, Rabbi Wolf succeeded him as head of the yeshiva, a position he held for many decades until the Reformists took control of community life and prevented the appointment of an Orthodox rabbi after the death of the Maharzach. They even applied to the government who expelled over 100 Torah students from the city and closed the yeshiva. He wrote the books Sha'ar Zekeinim and Simlat Binyamin. Among his better known disciples are Rabbi Yitzchak Dov Bamberger Av Beit Din and Rabbi of Würzburg. (See biographical article in Yeshurun, Vol 7, pp. 739-759. See more information about him in Ishim B'Tshuvot Chatam Sofer, pp. 39-40).
8 pages, 34.5 cm. Greenish paper, good-fair condition, stains, wear damage (restored).
