Pamphlet "Yashav Metzaref"**, includes a clarification and collection of laws concerning those born from mixed marriages between Jews and non-Jews. It also addresses the issue of a marriage that was legally contracted and then annulled according to state law, and whether a Jewish religious divorce (Get) is still required according to the law of Moses and Israel. Additionally, it discusses whether it is beneficial for the rabbi to maintain a fixed register for recording births according to Jewish law. Authored by the esteemed Rabbi Mordechai Leib Winkler, head of the rabbinical court in Brezova, author of "Levushei Mordechai."
Attached to it is the pamphlet "U’K’Torah HaZot"** on these matters, including critiques of the book and legal responses by Rabbi Shalom Kutna. Authored by the esteemed Rabbi Yeshaya Silberstein, head of the rabbinical court in Vac.
First Edition, Vac 1900. Printed by "Tel Talpiyot" Press.
[5], 24,[2]. 30 Leaves. 18.4 cm. With extra wrapper title page unknown bibliographically.
Stamp of Rabbi Yehuda David Bernstein’s Stamp (1863-1931). Rabbi and one of the founders of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He studied at the "Knesset Yisrael" yeshiva in Slobodka and was known as the "Ilui of Sapizhishok." His parents moved to Königsberg, and he joined them in 1878, but on the recommendation of the Malbim, he returned and continued studying in Lithuanian yeshivas. Rabbi Bernstein was involved in establishing the Etz Chaim Yeshiva and the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.
He served as the seminary’s first president for its first three years. His Torah innovations were published in American Torah journals of his time. In a pamphlet he published in 1910, he warned about the issue of carrying on Shabbat in New York City and Manhattan due to the bridges connecting it to its surroundings. The pamphlet was mainly intended to criticize the eruv that was first established in New York by Rabbi Yehoshua Siegel, author of "Oznei Yehoshua." This issue sparked a significant halachic controversy in the following years.
Overall Good condition, first title page loose and has marginal tears, original binding.
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