Bidspirit auction | Set seforim by Rabbi Menachem

Set seforim by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Dej, Munkatch 1883-1886, First editions. All 4 sections in 3 volumes. R. Menachem Mendel Paneth, Rabbi of Dej (1818-1885), son of the Rebbe, author of Mar'e Yechezkel (disciple of R. Mendel of Rymanów who served as Rabbi of Carlsberg and of Zibnbergen [Transylvania]). In 1837, he studied in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer and was the only young man in the Pressburg Yeshiva who donned a Chassidic silk robe on Shabbat. His teacher, the Chatam Sofer, was very fond of him and used to walk in conversation with him every Shabbat eve [he was wont to calling him the ”golden one”]. At the time he studied in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer, he merited a revelation of Eliyahu HaNavi who greeted him in the Beit Midrash, in the disguise of a poor person. From 1842, he served as Rabbi of Urisor, from 1858 as Rabbi of Dej and from 1855, served as Rabbi of Transylvania. He wrote Maglei Tzedek on the Torah and the Avnei Tzedek, Sha'arei Tzedek and Mishpat Tzedek series of books of responsa. Condition : Varies, overall in very fine condition, antiques bindings.