Bidspirit auction | Classics. Shailos U’Teshuvos HaBaCH. First

Classics. Shailos U’Teshuvos HaBaCH. First Edition. Frankfurt 1697. Unidentified Rabbinical Signatures! - Classics. Shailos U’Teshuvos HaBaCH. First Edition. Frankfurt 1697. Unidentified Rabbinical Signatures! Classic Sefer of Halachic responsa by the BaCH. At the end of the sefer, the publisher translated certain passages from the vernacular Yiddish into Hebrew for the benefit of “the Sephardic sages”. R. Yoel Sirkis (1561-1640), was a talmid of R. Leibish of Lublin. Known as one the greatest early Achronim, he served as Rov in various important communities including Lublin, Mezhibuzh, Belz, Brisk and finally Cracow. In Cracow, he published his monumental commentary to the Tur under the title Bayis Chodosh (BaCH). In addition to his commentary on the Tur and Halachic responsa, he authored glosses on Talmud Bavli known as Hago’os HaBaCH. He was the father-in-law of R. Dovid HaLevi Segal (Turei Zahav), who refers to the BaCH extensively in his commentary on the Shulchan Aruch. Stefansky Hebrew Classics 299. Vinograd Frankfurt 135. Johann Voshat press. 6, 106, 2 pages. 31.5 cm. Overall good condition. Some stains and foxing. Slight worming. Vellum binding (loose). Opening bid $200