Bidspirit auction | Signature of the Holy Imrei

Signature of the Holy Imrei Chaim of Viznitz. Shu”t HaBa”ch, First Edition, Frankfurt am Main 1697. - Sefer She'elot U'Teshuvot HaBa”ch by the rabbi of the Jewish people, Rabbi Yoel Sirkis, Av Beit Din of Krakow, and author of the important commentary 'Bayit Chadash' on Arba Turim. Frankfurt am Main, 1697. First edition of one of the most renowned fundamental works in halachic literature. Title page with pictures of angels and cherubs. Responsa no. 127 of this work, on the permissibly of using Christian tunes for Jewish prayer, was removed from later editions. Indeed this was not the only lenient position the author took; for example he permitted the reading of all subject matter on Sabbath and was instrumental in establishing the now universally accepted norm of Mechirath Chametz. Flyleaf with signature & stamp of the Holy Vizhnitzer Rebbe Chaim Meir Hager, from the period that he served as Av-Beit-Din of Vilchovitz region. [during the years 1909-1935]. ''Chaim Meir Hager Rabbi of Vilchovitz son of the Tzadik Shlit''a of Viznitz'' Title page with his stamp from the years he lived in Tel Aviv. At the top of the title page appears an impressive, antique signature of Rabbi Yehuda Leib, son of the late Rabbi Avraham Moshe, of blessed memory, Av Beit Din of Husatin and Zoravna. This likely refers to the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Moshe, son of the Gaon Rabbi [Moshe] Shaul, Av Beit Din of Kalisz, who was himself the son of the Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Leib, Rosh Metivta of the holy community of Lviv (Lvov). Rabbi Avraham Moshe was the son-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Zvi of Buchach, who was the son of the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Yehuda Leib, Av Beit Din of Pińczów. Additionally, Rabbi Avraham Moshe was the father-in-law of the Gaon Rabbi Zvi Hirsch, Av Beit Din of Mezeritch — who was, in turn, the father-in-law of the holy Rabbi Isaac HaKohen, Av Beit Din of Korets, author of Brit Kehunat Olam. Stamps of Mordechai Feivish Friedman. Possibly connected to the family of the holy Rebbi Mordechai Feivish Friedman of Husyatin (1834–1894), son of the holy Rebbi Yisrael of Ruzhin. Some antique marginalia. Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod 299. [6], 106, [2] Leaves. 30 cm.