Auction 8 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Hilchot Shvi'it – Three Pamphlets – Includes pamphlet from the Ridbaz

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1. Halacha Lema'aseh, by Rabbi Refael Yaakov David ben Ze'ev (Ridbaz). Jerusalem 1910. "The law of whether one can eat fruits that were grown during Shmitta in a forbidden manner…letters written by the Ridbaz to the Rabbis of Jerusalem". The pamphlet discusses the kashrut of "Carmel Mizrahi" wines which did not keep Shmitta. Polemic foreword: against Boris Shatz and the Bezalel school, against "Haman who calls himself Mordechai" Cohen and against HaRav Kook.
2. Hilchot Shvi'it, Rabbi Yehiel Michel Tukachinsky. Jerusalem 1910. With notes and comments by the Ridbaz, Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Rabbi Yitzchak Yerucham Diskin and Rav Kook. Back cover missing.
3. Minhagei Shvi'it, by Rabbi Shlomo Sirileau. Jerusalem 1937. "Laws of Holiness of Shmitta Fruits".
Varying size and condition.
Patterns of Jerusalem and Safed
Patterns of Jerusalem and Safed