Bidspirit auction | Yosef Tikva. Regarding Machine Matzos.

Yosef Tikva. Regarding Machine Matzos. First edition. St. Louis 1903. Important approbations! - Rare sefer dealing with the permissibility of using Machine Matzah on Pesach, by R. Zecharia Yosef Rosenfeld of St. Louis. With many important wide-ranging approbations, including those of the Aderes, R. Tzvi Hirsch Shapira of Munkacs (Darkei Teshuva), R. Moshe Mordechai Epstein, R. Dovid Karliner and R. Itzele Blazer. The author also corresponded with various academics at notable institutions including The Smithsonian. The controversy surrounding Machine Matzos was one of the most well-known and fierce rabbinical disputes of modern times. It is interesting that as early as 1903, when orthodoxy in America was in a dismal state, the matter was already a point of contention in America. Goldman 592. Bernitz and Goldman press. [1], X, 39, 3 pages. 20.5 cm. Very fine condition. Antique binding. Opening bid $200