Bidspirit auction | SHAALOS UTESHUVOS HA’BACH – FIRST

SHAALOS UTESHUVOS HA’BACH – FIRST EDITION – COPY BELONGING TO RABBI YAAKOV SHAMASH OF FRANKFURT (d. 1785) – REBBE OF THE CHASAM SOFER RABBI YOEL SIRKES, AV BEIS DIN OF KRAKOW, SHAALOS UTESHUVOS HA’BACH, FRANKFURT AM MAIN 1697. First edition of the responsa written by one of the greatest and universaly accepted Halachic authorities. Inscription on title-page: ‘LaShem ha’aretz umelo’ah, ne’um Yaakov Shamash, nichtav Erev Shabbos Kodesh 26 Iyar 5532 [1772]’ Rabbi Yaakov Shamash, Frankfurt Rosh Beis Din and Rabbi of the Klaus, referred to by the Chassam Sofer as ‘Mori veRabi (my master and teacher)’. Stefanski, Sifrei Yesod 299. [6], 106 pp. 18.5x31 cm. Good condition. Stained. Fine old binding.