Auction 10 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Sefer Ohr Ha-Yashar – About the Validity of the Kleve Divorce

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Sefer Ohr Ha'Yashar, responsum, rulings and writings of 1766-1768, concerning the divorce of Kleve. Amsterdam, 1769. Only edition.
Many essays were written about the polemic regarding a divorce ruled by Rabbi Yisrael Lifshitz of Kleve, that disturbed the rabbinical world of the time. In the book herewith appear responses by leading rabbis. These responses turned to be indispensable basics of Halachic ruling concerning divorce throughout the generations.
[7], 111, [1] leaves. 17.5cm. Very good condition
Polemics
Polemics