Bidspirit auction | AARON SHIMON OF COPENHAGEN (Ed.)
AARON SHIMON OF COPENHAGEN (Ed.) Or HaYashar [divorce law]. First Edition. Autographs and stamp of Chief Rabbi Samuel Heller of Safed on title. Marginal notes. ff. 7. 111 (1). Light stains. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1966. Amsterdam: Gerard Johann Jansen 1769 Concerns The Cleves Get controversy, one of the great causes célèbres of the 18th century, which involved most of the great rabbinic adjudicators of the day. This work includes opinions by R. Ya’akov Emden, the Noda BeYehuda), (the Sha’agath Aryeh, R. Saul of Amsterdam, etc. R. Shmuel Heller (1803-83) was a leading Chassidic presence in Safed and central to communal affairs both in the Land of Israel and Europe.