Responsa MAR”H Or Zrua Leipzig, 1860 – first edition. The copy of Rabbi Shaul Brach Mikashoi, on a page 40 a long annotation in his handwriting, additional short glosses of word corrections. Another owner’s stamp: “K. Yosef Zvi Friedman Mikashoi”. On the back cover page is a handwritten list of bookmarks. Bound with MaHarshel responsa – Lemberg 1859.
Rabbi Shaul Brach [1865 – 1940] Av Beit Din of Magendorf, Crowley and Cashew. After the bar mitzvah, he went to the Khust yeshiva and managed to study for nine months with Mahara’m Shik before he died, and then continued with the Hatan Sofer at the Matersdorf yeshiva. Was one of the greatest rabbis of his generation, served as a rabbi in Magendorf, in Carly and later moved to Kashoi [Kosice] by which his name was known, and Rabbi Yoel of Satmer came in his place in Carly. He was also close to the Rebbe of Sighet, Sanz and Belz. He established a well-known yeshiva where great rabbis of Hungary later, studied. In every city where he served as rabbi, he would present and disseminate to the public his harsh doctrine against the Zionists and against Agudat Yisrael. He wrote of them: “Anyone who believes in the Torah of Moses will be very far from the tents of Zionists and Mizrahis and will refrain from eating and drinking with them as with foreigners and deserves to differentiate them from the congregation of Israel.” Author of many books. He died in 1940.
Cover detached and worn. Stains. moderate condition.
