Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Sidrei Tahara – Many Glosses and Signatures by Rabbi Avraham Shag

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Sefer Didrei Tahara, on Shulchan Aruch laws of Niddah. By Rabbi Elchanan Ashkenazi Av Beit Din of Shetland. Dyhernfurth, 1808.
Signatures Rabbi “Avraham son of Rabbi Leib Shag”, “Avraham Shag of Frauenkirchen”. Handwritten signed notations of his grandson Rabbi Zalman Yulis. Dozens of erudite glosses in handwriting of Rabbi Avraham Shag.
The Ga’on Rabbi Avraham Shag-Zwebner (1801-1873), among greatest disciples of the Chatam Sofer and among Torah giants of his generation. Resided in Frauenkirchen [as noted in his signature]. From 1827 served in rabbinate of Shatelsdorf and from 1852 served as Av Beit Din of Kobersdorf. In 1873 immigrated to Jerusalem together with his prominent disciple Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.
[1], 69 leaves. 37.5 cm. Good-fair condition, extensive usage wear. Original worn binding.
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