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LOT 437:
A Long Responsum by Rabbi Shlomo Lieben to Mahari Katz Tebles
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A Long Responsum by Rabbi Shlomo Lieben to Mahari Katz Tebles
A long responsum on Talmudical treatises discussed amongst Prague scholars. Letter by Rabbi Shlomo Lieben to Rabbi Yuda Katz Tebles. [Prague], [c. 1850]. In the responsum, he mentions things "shown at that time by Rabbi Shimon Avish".
Rabbi Shlomo Lieben, of the famous Lieben family of Prague. A responsum to him from 1858 is in Yad Eliezer Responsa Siman 105. Apparently, he is the father of Rabbi Michael David father of Prof. Shlomo Zvi Leiben a leading figure in the struggle for Jewish shechita in the 1930-s. [In 1857, a eulogy given by Rabbi Shmuel Freind Rabbi of Prague on Rabbi Yosef ben Rabbi Ya'akov Lieben was printed in Prague. Apparently, he also was from the same family]. The Katz Tebles family of Torah scholars was also renowned in Prague at that time. Rabbi Shimon Avish mentioned in the responsum was a leading Torah scholar in Prague in the middle of the 19th century.
2 pages, 29 cm. densely written. Good condition, thin paper, with slight ink damage and tears.
