Three halachic responsa in the hand of Rabbi Moshe Aharon Taubes [1839].
[4] pages, 23×18 cm.
The responses were written in succession in a small, crowded, organized script on four pages. Each response is signed at its conclusion. The responsa were written by Rabbi Taubes when he served as rabbi in Śniatyn.
One response was sent to Rabbi Yosef Yoel Deutsch, dayan in Tarnopol, rabbi in a number of communities, and author of Yad Yosef. This response was printed in the author’s work Shu”t To’afot Re’em, Yoreh De’ah, #35. The second response was sent to Rabbi Yekusiel Zalman Halberstat and was printed in Shu’t To’afot Re’em, Choshen Mishpat, #1. The third was sent to Rabbi Nosson Ashkenazi, rabbi of Patik and author of Meorot Nosson. It was printed in Choshen Mishpat, #12.
Rabbi Aharon Moshe Taubes (1787-1852) was a prominent rabbi of his time. He was one of the most renowned Galician Torah scholars, and a long-time friend of Rabbi Yaakov Orenstein, the Yeshuot Yaakov. He maintained halachic correspondence with Rabbi Mordechai Benet and the Chatam Sofer. He was the rabbi of Śniatyn, and then Iasi. He was respected by both the chassidim and mitnagdim. He authored the Shu”t To’afot Re’em and the Karnei Re’em on the Torah.
Aging stains. Fine-very fine condition.