Group of [8] Halachic Responsa and Contracts. Italy, 18th Century

Group of [8] Halachic Responsa and Contracts. Italy, 18th Century

1] Lengthy halachic responsum. The responding rabbi disputes the Meli"tz [apparently he is referring to Rabbi Mordechai HaLevi] according to the conclusion of the responsum: 'אישי כ"ג ר"מ ור"מ ואב"ד נר"ו'. It appears to have been sent to the gaon Rabbi Yismael HaKohen, Av Beit Din of Modena, author of Zera Emet.

19 pages. Unsigned. Italy, 1795.

2] Lengthy responsum on the laws of interest, apparently sent to the gaon, the author of Zera Emet [see the responsum's conclusion]. Unsigned. 12 pp, c. 1790s.

3] Lengthy and complex question with respect to partners that split up, and there were many conditions between them. The conditions they made between them in 1777 and 1782 are copied into the body of the question. The question is from 1786. 4 pp, unsigned.

4] Part of a responsum. Among his words, he writes: "And I will copy what I wrote from the words of the rabbi Mishneh L'Melech in my letter to Rabbi Avraham Reggio ... of Gorizia ... 3 pp.

5] Deed of purchase - Verona, 1787. Signed by the witnesses: Chaim Shlomo Levi Mortira [scribe of the Modina community] and Yosef Basiliah.

6] Deed of purchase. Modena 1783. Signed by the witnesses: Ephraim Padawani/Eliezer b"r Yitzchak Rephael Poleisi.

7] Will by a deathly ill person - Modena 1743. Signed by the witnesses: Halleluy'ah Pormigini / Binyamin b"r Eliezer Ashkenazi. (Appears to be a copy)

8] 2 engagement contracts [שטרי תנאים בעניני שידוכים] apparently from Modena from 1752/1755. Unsigned.

All are in very fine condition.