Manuscript, Torah novellae (4 pages) handwritten by R. Avraham Menachem HaLevi Steinberg, prominent Galician rabbi. [ca. 1890s].
Section of a halachic responsum on the Talmudic topic of causing a minor to transgress a Torah commandment. A responsum on the same topic was published in his book Machazeh Avraham (Orach Chaim, section 56). Study of the present manuscript reveals that it contains a completely different analysis of the topic (yet the contents of some sections are parallel and similarly formulated).
R. Avraham Menachem (Mendel) HaLevi Steinberg (1847-1928), prominent Galician Torah scholar and leader author of responsum in his times. He was the brother-in-law of R. Aryeh Leibush Horowitz, author of Harei Besamim. Served as rabbi of Sniatyn and later, of Brody. He was renowned for his outstanding genius. During WWI, he was one of the leaders of Galician refugees, and was amongst the founders of Agudath Israel after the war.
[1] double leaf (4 pages). 21 cm. Closely written. Fair-good condition. Wear and tears, with minor damage to text.

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