Bidspirit auction | RABBI MORDECHAI LOEB WINKLER, RABBI

RABBI MORDECHAI LOEB WINKLER, RABBI OF MAD, AUTHOR OF LEVUSHEI MORDECHAI, RESPONSUM SENT TO RABBI YEHOSHUA BUKSBAUM OF GALANTA, ALL IN RABBI WINKLER’S HANDWRITING. Responsum dated 1903, dealing with halachic status of covered parts of the body and immersion in a hot mikva on Shabbos. This is the first published responsum by Rabbi Winkler, printed in the first chapter of the first volume of Levushei Mordechai. Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Loeb Winkler (1845-1932), studied under the Ksav Sofer, Rabbi of Brezova (1884) before serving as Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva in Mad, leading Hungarian halachic authority and author of seven volumes of responsa Levushei Mordechai. Rabbi Yehoshua Buksbaum (1877-1944), disciple of Rabbi Moshe Yosef Hoffman of Papa and of Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg of Unsdorf. Rabbi of Magendorf (1910) and Galanta (1922), where he headed a large and famous Yeshiva. Author of Or Penei Yehoshua. 3 sides, 17 x 21 cm. Good condition. Slight tearing.