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OHR YISROEL. POLEMIC REGARDING THE “GET OF CLEVES”. FIRST EDITION CLEVES 1770. CENSORED COPY! - OHR YISROEL. POLEMIC REGARDING THE “GET OF CLEVES”. FIRST EDITION CLEVES 1770. FINE COPY! The only sefer published in Cleves. Authored by R. Yisroel Lipchitz (grandfather of the Tiferes Yisroel) on the topic of the infamous “Get of Cleves”. One of the most contentious divorces in Jewish history was the “Get of Cleves” in the mid-18th century, which caused a rift between several rabbinic courts in Western Europe and was the subject of much Halachic debate. The case involved a husband, who at times exhibited signs of apparent mental illness who gave his wife a get. Since a divorce bill can only be given by a sane individual, much analysis and discussion ensued regarding how this individual should be classified, as well as the precise definition of insanity, in Halacha. Censored edition. Lacking chapters 34-36 containing the severely critical statements of the Frankfurt Rabbinate. The censored text also excludes another responsa by R. Aryeh Leib, Av Beis Din of Hanover, against the Frankfurt Torah scholars, a responsa by R. Yitzchak Horowitz, Av Beis Din of Hamburg and extremely fierce polemical contributions by R. Yisroel Lipchitz himself. Sismann press. 31, 33-66, 69-120 pages. 19.8 cm. Excellent condition. One page with a small hole, affecting text. Modern binding.