Sefer She’elot U’Teshuvot Mahari”tz by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Chayut, av beit din of Zolkiew. Shaul Dov Meirheifer Press.
The book includes three parts, with separate title pages:
1: Book of responsa – including halachic deliberation, interesting and still-current questions. Responsum 28 was referred to the Chata”m Sofer. Responsum 32 deals with using a Torah scroll for taking an oath in gentile courts. Siman 76 contains an entire kuntress : “Avodat HaMikdash” which deals with giving sacrifices after the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash .
2: Article: “Imrei Binah” – important Torah essays by the author. Clarifications of topics regarding lost aggadahs , Rash”i’s commentary on Ta’anit, research on different biblical translations and more.
3: “Minchat Kana’ut” – article opposing changes made by the Reform.
Page 54a bears a lengthy handwritten gloss.
Handwritten notation on the protective leaf: “Gifted to me by the author’s son, the famous naggid Chayut …” Additional foreign-language signatures.
[1], 3-75; 36; [1], 21 leaf. 23 cm.
Fine-very fine condition. Usage and aging stains. Old binding.