Auction 61 - Rare and Important Items
Halachic Responsum Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler, Author of Levushei Mordechai
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Long letter (2 large pages) handwritten and signed by R. Mordechai Leib Winkler. [Brezova, 1900].
Halachic responsum regarding the laws of birthright (story of a woman under suspicion, whose son was born with a resemblance to the man under suspicion).
R. Mordechai Leib Winkler, rabbi of Mád, author of "Levushei Mordechai" (1845-1932) was the preeminent disciple of R. Yitzchak Aharon Landsberg, rabbi of Grosswardein (Oradea). From 1874, he taught Torah and served in the rabbinate of the eminent Hungarian communities of Mezotelegd, of Brezova (in the Nitra, Slovakia region) and others. In 1902, he was appointed Rabbi of Mád (Hegyalja-Mád) for a thirty-year tenure until his death in 1932. He headed a large yeshiva in Mád and was known as one of the three rabbinical authorities in Hungary (together with R. Yeshaya Zilberstein, Rabbi of Waitzen [Vac] and R. Shimon Greenfeld, the Maharshag). The printing of his responsa earned him worldwide fame as a halachic posek. His halachic responsa were unanimously accepted and became basic teachings in halachic literature (see Cohen, Chachmei Transylvania, pp. 98-99).
[2] written pages, 34 cm. Fair condition. Wear and damages to margins and folding lines. Hole in the center of the leaf damaging several words of the text. Annotations and erasures in preparation for print.
Halachic responsum regarding the laws of birthright (story of a woman under suspicion, whose son was born with a resemblance to the man under suspicion).
R. Mordechai Leib Winkler, rabbi of Mád, author of "Levushei Mordechai" (1845-1932) was the preeminent disciple of R. Yitzchak Aharon Landsberg, rabbi of Grosswardein (Oradea). From 1874, he taught Torah and served in the rabbinate of the eminent Hungarian communities of Mezotelegd, of Brezova (in the Nitra, Slovakia region) and others. In 1902, he was appointed Rabbi of Mád (Hegyalja-Mád) for a thirty-year tenure until his death in 1932. He headed a large yeshiva in Mád and was known as one of the three rabbinical authorities in Hungary (together with R. Yeshaya Zilberstein, Rabbi of Waitzen [Vac] and R. Shimon Greenfeld, the Maharshag). The printing of his responsa earned him worldwide fame as a halachic posek. His halachic responsa were unanimously accepted and became basic teachings in halachic literature (see Cohen, Chachmei Transylvania, pp. 98-99).
[2] written pages, 34 cm. Fair condition. Wear and damages to margins and folding lines. Hole in the center of the leaf damaging several words of the text. Annotations and erasures in preparation for print.