Auction 19 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Rabbi Yitzchak Alfasi Responsa - Signature of Rabbi Avraham Shag

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Responsa by Rabbi Yitzchak Alfasi. Vienna, [1794]. Second edition.
Title page contains handwritten signature of Rabbi "Avraham Shag" - The Ga'on Rabbi Avraham Shag-Zwebner (1801-1873), among the greatest disciples of the Chatam Sofer. Resided in Frauenkirchen [which is mentioned in his signature]. From 1827 served in the Shatmansdorf Rabbinate and from 1852 served as Av Beit Din of Kobersdorf. In 1873 immigrated to Jerusalem together with his prominent disciple Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.
[2], 34, [1] leaves. 21.5 cm. Fair condition, worn with omission on upper corners.
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