Bidspirit auction | Responsa of Mahari Weil –

Responsa of Mahari Weil – Kopys, 1835 – Signatures. - Sefer She'elot u'Teshuvot (responsa), authored by Rabbi Yaakov Weil, with annotations by Rabbi Menachem of Merseburg. Kapust, 1835. Printed by Shabtai Slavin. One of the last Hebrew seforim printed in Kapust — the printing press of Shabtai Slavin closed in 1837. The final sefer he printed was Torah Or / Likkutei Torah by the Alter Rebbe of Chabad, marking the end of several decades of Hebrew printing in Kapust. In this edition, the printer omitted several responsa due to fear of censorship. An intriguing antique stamp: Shmuel Yehoshua ben Meir, shochet, bodek, and rabbi. Antique ownership inscription: ”Belongs to the honorable rabbi...” Antique signature: David ben Nissan of Parczew. Stamps of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Heller (1879-1960). Known in his youth as ‘the illuy of Warsaw’ served as Rabbi of Lomza before settling in Berlin in 1922. Established a Rabbinical Training Institute ‘Beis Hamedrash Ha’elyon’ and headed a group involved in research of Rabbinic Texts. In 1937 he escaped to New York where he continued his research while teaching at Yeshivas Rabeinu Yitzchak Elchanan and served as Honorary President of the Orthodox Union. [1], 69 Leaves. 21.2 cm.