Bidspirit auction | KROCHMAL, MENACHEM MENDEL. Shailoth U’Teshuvoth

KROCHMAL, MENACHEM MENDEL. Shailoth U’Teshuvoth Tzemach Tzedek [responsa]. FIRST EDITION. Edited by the author’s son, R. Aryeh Yehudah Leib. ff. (1), 11, (1 blank), 5-196. Browned, trimmed, marks on title. Later boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 419. Amsterdam, David de Castro Tartas, 1675. Cracow born R. Menachem Mendel Krochmal (1600-61), was a student of R. Yoel Sirkes (the Ba’Ch). He later opened his own yeshiva in Cracow and was subsequently appointed Dayan there. In 1636 R. Krochmal moved to Moravia and served as chief rabbi in Nikolsburg until his death. For a brief historical overview of the responsa here (communal organization, personal and family issues, etc) see: https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Krochmal_Menahem_Mendel_ben_Avraham