Mayim Chayim - Zhitomir, 1857. With a "Letter" from the Ba'al Shem Tov. 15 Title Pages and Two Handwritten Comments.

Mayim Chayim - Zhitomir, 1857. With a "Letter" from the Ba'al Shem Tov. 15 Title Pages and Two Handwritten Comments.

She'elot U'Teshuvot Mayim Chayim by Rabbi Chaim HaKohen Rapoport, av beit din of Ostroh. Zhitomir, printed by grandsons of the rabbi of Slavuta, Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapira. 1857. First edition. With a "letter" from the Ba'al Shem Tov.

Two handwritten comments: "The Ramba"m already mentioned this in Moreh Nevuchim ..." written by an unidentified Torah scholar.

With approbations from Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl and the Sar Shalom of Belz, and with a halachic ruling by Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apta, who agrees with the author, printed at the beginning of the book as a kind of approbation for it.

Responsa from all four parts of the Shulchan Aruch. Two parts with four title pages and the Otzrot Chaim compilation containing Torah novellae on the weekly Torah portions by the author and his family, with a dedicated title page.

In Part I, section 27, there is a question that was sent from Medzhibozh to Rabbi Meir, av beit din of Konstantin, son of the Ya'avetz - Rabbi Ya'akov Emden, about a question of sircha, a ruling which became a huge dispute 'and due to the great conflagration that was ignited' the question was posed to Rabbi Meir. At the beginning of the responsum, there is a description of the event, and then something of a writ from the beit din with a signature of Yisrael Be"sht [Ba'al Shem] of Talist" - Rabbeinu Yisrael Ba'al Shem Tov. This was followed by Rabbi Meir's lengthy responsum. He writes about the Ba'al Shem Tov: "Great leader of Yehudah and Yisrael ... who proffers relief and sustenance ... The superlative and famous rabbi Besh"t, Rabbi Yisrael ..."

Stefansky, Chassidut no. 341.

84 pp; 151 pp. 34 cm, wide margins.

Fine-very fine condition. Minimal aging stains. Worn binding.