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Divrei Yehudah |
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ספר שאלות ותשובות דברי יהודה |
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[Only Ed. - Noted Copy] R. Judah Leib Gordin |
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Warsaw |
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Baumritter |
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1903 |
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This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
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Only edition. 179 pp., 367:244 mm., extra wide margins, usual light age staining, old hands. A very good copy bound in modern half cloth boards. Dedication by author on p. 3. |
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Responsa by R. Judah Leib b. Meir Abraham Aba Gordin (1853-1925), Chief Rabbi of Chicago. Rabbi Gordin was born in Rezhitsa, Russia and apparently educated by his father. In his youth he was already know as an illu and corresponded with Torah greats in Lithuania. He served in several prestigious communities, including Lomza, before coming to Chicago where he remained until his passing. He is the author of several scholarly works and was instrumental in many community activities for the preservation of Judaism among immigrants. He founded a yeshiva day school in Chicago, was a key player in the kashrut battles of Chicago, and an active member of the period national rabbinical organizations. |
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בשני חלקי השו"ע או"ח ויו"ד [השולחן ערוך אורח חיים ויורה דעה], מאתי יהודה ליב ב"ר מאיר אברהם אבא ז"ל אבדק"ק אסטראב...
בסימנים יח-כב המחבר יוצא נגד ר' אברהם בורנשטיין, האדמו"ר מסוכטשוב, בעניני כתיבת תפילין ומזוזות. תשובה לדבריו כתבו ר' אלכסנדר זוסמאן האפטקה בספרו צל החכמה, ווארשא תרס"ד, ור' צבי יהודה מאמלוק, מלחמות יהודה, פיעטרקוב תרס"ח. |
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CD-EPI 0200623; Sever ha-Yovel (New York 1928) p. 141; |
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