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Lot #    25543
Auction End Date    1/12/2010 10:49:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Ezrat Nashim: Takkanot Agunot, Book I
Title (Hebrew)    עזרת נשים: תקנת עגונות חלק א
Author    [Women] R. Meir Feuerwerger (Meiri)
City    Frankfurt am Main - Brussel
Publisher    Goldschmidt
Publication Date    [1950]
          
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Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
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   Only edition. 242, [2] pp. folio 265:180 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in the original cloth boards, rubbed,
          
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   Only edition of this work on agunot by R. Meir Feuerwerger (Meiri). This is the first of three parts, the other parts being printed later and elsewhere. The title page describes Ezrat Nashim as being based om the Talmud and poskim, in order to clarify questions on agunot after the last World War (II). The verso of the title page states that “the book concerns the actual agunah-problem (woman whose husband did not return from deportation); and gathers all the material of Hallacha (sic) necessary to the solution of this question. There is a dedication to the six million kiddoshim who died al Kiddush Ha-Shem and mentions the names of R. Jacob Zevi ben Aaron Fielder and his wife Esther Leah bat Moses Isaac, dedicated by their children. There is an introduction and approbations from R. Isaac Eizek Herzog, R. Ben Zion Meir Hai Uziel, R. Ezekile Abromsky, R. Solomon David Kahana; and R. Samuel Joseph Rabinova. The text is organized into nine Azara, each with several parts.

An Agunah is a married woman who for whatsoever reason is separated from her husband and cannot remarry, either because she cannot obtain a divorce from him, or because it is unknown whether he is still alive. The term is also applied to a yevamah ("a levirate widow";), if she cannot obtain ḥaliẓah from the levir or if it is unknown whether he is still alive (Git. 26b, 33a; Yev. 94a; and Posekim). The problem of the agunah is one of the most complex in halakhic discussions and is treated in great detail in halakhic literature. It is a basic rule of halakhah that facts are to be determined on the testimony of two witnesses. However, the Mishnah already attributes to R. Gamaliel the Elder the takkanah that when a husband is missing because of war, and his fate is unknown, the wife may be permitted to remarry on the testimony of only one witness to his death (Yev. 16:7). Although somewhat later R. Eliezer and R. Joshua disagreed with this ruling, at the time of R. Gamaliel of Jabneh it was again determined (ibid.) not only that one witness was sufficient but also that hearsay evidence might be admitted, as well as the evidence of a woman, a slave, a handmaiden, or a relative (which classes were otherwise legally incompetent as witnesses). The legal explanation given for these far-reaching rules is that it is to be presumed that a person will not give false testimony on a matter which is likely to come to light, since the husband, if still alive, will undoubtedly reappear sooner or later (Yev. 93b; Maim., Yad, Gerushin 12:15). Moreover, it may be assumed that the wife herself will endeavor to make sure of her husband's death before remarrying, since she will become prohibited to both men if it later transpires that her first husband is still alive, and her other rights, especially pecuniary ones, will be affected too (v. infra; Yev. 87b; Sh. Ar., EH 17:3, 56). Another reason given is that a relaxation of the law is appropriate in times of danger, the possibility that a woman may remain an agunah being deemed to be such a time of danger. Finding a way for permitting an agunah to remarry is deemed a great mitzvah (Responsa Asheri, 51:2). Indeed, an onerous application of the law, without justification, and in cases where there is no suspicion of deception, is regarded not only as a failure to perform a mitzvah, but even as a transgression (Responsa Maimonides, ed. Freiman, 159; Sh. Ar., EH 17:21, Isserles). However, in view of the danger of legalizing a possibly adulterous union, it is customary for an agunah to be permitted to remarry only after consultation with, and consent having been obtained from, other leading scholars (Sh. Ar. ibid. 34; Isserles and other commentators).

          
Paragraph 2    ... מאת הרב מאיר פויערוורגר (מאירי). ספר א-ג.

הסכמות: ר' יצחק אייזיק הלוי הרצוג, [ירושלים], ערב חג הסוכות תש"י; - א-ב ר' בן ציון מאיר חי עוזיאל, ירושלם, ט ניסן תש"ט; - א-ב ר' יחזקאל אברמסקי, לונדון, ח תמוז תש"ט; - א-ב ר' שלמה דוד כהנא, ירושלים, כד מנחם-אב תש"ח; - א-ב ר' שמואל יוסף ראבינאוו, לונדון. - א-ב בספר ב ההסכמות מן הספר הראשון והסכמה נוספת: ר' יצחק יוסף שוסטער, אב"ד סאקאלקע, מאריענבאד, טז אלול תרצ"ז. - א-ב הסכמות: ר' יצחק אייזיק הלוי הרצוג, ר' בן ציון מאיר חי עוזיאל , ר' יחזקאל אברמסקי, ר' שמואל יוסף ראבינאוו, מן ההלקים הראשונים. - ג הסכמות נוספות: ר' דוב בעריש וויידענפעלד, ירושלים, כז תמוז תשי"א; - ג ר' זעליג ראובן בענגיס, ירושלים, ט ניסן תש"ט; - ג ר' יעקב משה חרל"פ, ירושלים, ד אלול תשי"א; - ג ר' שלום מאשקאוויץ, האדמו"ר משאץ, לונדון, זאת חנוכה תשט"ו. - ג

א-ב: תקנת עגונות... יסודות עפ"י שיטות הש"ס והפוסקים לבירור שאלת העגונות שנשארו אחרי המלחמה העולמית האחרונה ולפתרונה. פפד"מ-ברוסל א-ב:Les"), א-ב:Paris , א-ב:"Polyglottes Editions, א-ב: הסכ' תש"י). רמד; רמח עמ'. ג: יסודות עפ"י שיטות הש"ס והפוסקים לבירור שאלות העומדות על פרק זמננו; גט יוצא למלחמה, נשואי ערכאות, שבויות אסון זמננו, החרשים המלומדים, נישואין על תנאי, מניעת הריון, והרבה ספקות ועדיות ביבום וחליצה... מאת הרב מאיר מאירי. לונדון, דפוס "המדפיס", תשט"ו. XVI, שלו עמ'. ג: על הכריכה: שאלות כלליות בחיי האישות.

          
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   BE ayin 345; EJ; CD-EPI 0145429
        
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20th Century:    Checked
  
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Other:    Women
  
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Language:    Hebrew
  
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