Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Manuscript – Halachic Responsa by Rabbi Shalom Moshe Chai Gagin and Rabbi Moshe Pardo

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Manuscript, two halachic responsa by R. Shalom Moshe Chai Gagin and responsum by R. Moshe Pardo. [Jerusalem, 19th century].
Neat copying of a responsum by R. Gagin, on the laws of inheritance, followed by a responsum by R. Moshe Pardo who differs with R. Gagin, and an additional responsum by R. Gagin, written in response to the objections of R. Moshe Pardo. The entire manuscript is in the same hand, including the copied signatures of R. Gagin and R. Pardo. The three responsa may have been copied by R. Gagin himself.
The responsa were published in Responsa Yismach Lev, Choshen Mishpat part, sections 1-2, with some differences.
R. Shalom Moshe Chai Gagin (1833-1883), leading Jerusalem Torah scholar, son of the Rishon LeTzion R. Chaim Avraham Gagin, whom he succeeded as dean of the Beit El yeshiva of kabbalists.
[10] leaves. 23 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains, and several tears. Several words in inner margins hidden due to tight binding. New binding.


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