Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Responsa Manuscript of Rabbi Shmuel Engel – Radomyshl, 1901

Opening: $900
Sold for: $2,125
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Two large leaves handwritten and signed by R. Shmuel Engel. Radomyshl, [Av / Chanukah 1901].
Double leaf from R. Shmuel Engel’s responsa notebook.
The first leaf contains the first two pages of a responsum regarding the erasing of a Holy name (lacking end of responsum), and is addressed to R. Elisha Brander, dayan and posek in Beitsch; published in Responsa of R. Shmuel Engel, part I, section 89. The second leaf features the conclusion of a responsum regarding agunot, with R. Shmuel Engel's signature.
R. Shmuel Engel, rabbi of Radomyshl (1853-1935), a leading Galician Torah scholar and foremost halachic authority of his generation. A close disciple of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. Author of the eight-book Responsa Maharash series and other books.
[2] joined leaves (two and a half pages of closely written script; loosely joined). 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor wear and tears. Stains.


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