Bidspirit auction | CHUT HASHANI, FRANKFURT 1679. COPY


CHUT HASHANI, FRANKFURT 1679. COPY BELONGING TO RABBI YAAKOV AKIVA SOFER OF MIAVA, ELDEST SON OF THE KESAV SOFER. Chut Hashani, Frankfurt 1679, First edition. Signature of Rabbi Yaakov Akiva Sofer of Miava on title-page. Other signatures on end-papers: ‘Moshe of Miava’ [Rabbi Moshe Schreiber of Miava and Vienna] and ‘hakatan Wolf ben Yehuda Leib y’tz’ (an old signature). Rabbi Yaakov Akiva Sofer (1839-1912), eldest son of the Kesav Sofer and son-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel of Miava. A great Torah scholar who did not hold a rabbinical position. Rabbi Moshe Sofer (1862-1940), sonof Rabbi Yaakov Akiva and studied Torah from him before continuing at the Yeshiva of the Shevet Sofer in Pressburg. [1], 115 pp. 14.5 x 18.5 cm. Condition fair – good. Title-page and final page damaged. Old binding.