Auction 86 - Part II - The Leo Rapaport Collection

Responsa Keter Kehunah – With Responsa by the Maggid of Kozhnitz – Zhovkva, 1805 – Signatures of R. Shlomo Baruch Tenenbaum Head of the Stropkov Beit Din, Disciple of Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz

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Responsa Keter Kehunah, by R. Yitzchak Avraham Katz of Pinchov (Pińczów; descendant of R. Shabtai Kohen, the Shach). [Zhovkva]: Avraham Yehuda Leib of Svirzh, [1805]. First edition.
The title page states "Part I", yet no other parts were printed. An exchange of halachic letters regarding an agunah the Maggid of Kozhnitz permitted to remarry was printed in section 76, with two responsa by the Maggid of Kozhnitz, a responsum by R. Pinchas Horowitz author of the Haflaa, and a responsum by the author.
Signatures and inscriptions on the title page, including two signatures of R. Shlomo Baruch Tenenbaum of Stropkov (1809-1891), disciple of Rebbe Naftali of Ropshitz. He served as posek in Zborov and head of the Stropkov Beit Din. R. Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova wished to appoint him as rebbe, but he refused.
Many stamps of R. Naftali Teitelbaum Rabbi of Nyírbátor (1867-1928), leading Hungarian rabbi and head of the Orthodox Bureau (in Budapest).
[1], 77 leaves. 36 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Tears, including marginal tears to title page (not affecting text), and minor open tear affecting text in one place. Worming, affecting text in several places. Leaves trimmed with minor damage to text in several places. Old binding, worn and damaged.
Stefansky Chassidut, no. 248.
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