Bidspirit auction | Signature of Rabbi Yaakov Katina

Signature of Rabbi Yaakov Katina of Hust, author of Rachamei HaAv, on sefer Tapuchei Zahav, Ungvar 1865. Tapuchei Zahav, homilies on the Torah, by Rabbi Hirsch Charif, the author of Chiddushei Tiv Gittin. With the signature of Rabbi Yaakov Katina: “The holy Yaakov Katina, l live here in Hust.” Rabbi Yaakov [Klein] Katina was a genius and a holy man who served as Av Beis Din in Hust before the arrival of the Maharam Schick. Rabbi Yaakov was an important student of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and wrote Rachamei HaAv and Korban HaAni, both of which were published anonymously. Additional ownership notations: Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Weiss of Hust; signatures of Meir Yehuda Greenzweig and Yisrael Frishman. 20 cm. 95 pages. Restored wormhole damage.