Responsa ‘Min Hashamayim’, Questions and responses asked and received from the heavens by Rabbeinu Yaakov Halevi of Marvejols and Corbeil, from the Ba’alei haTosafot. Uzhhorod, 1867.
“Which he asked by seclusion and prayer and reciting of holy names, one of the early holy ones… as testified to by the Gaon the Radbaz… and as was quoted by the Chida in ‘Shem Hagedolim’.”
With approbation of the Gaon Rabbi Menachem Ash, Av Beis Din of Uzhhorod.
The Sefer contains 70 questions, for which 69 were responded to. The last one was about the time of redemption, but this was left unanswered.
Bound together with New Responsa Beis Efraim (with a separate title page) by the immense Gaon Rabbi Efraim Zalman Margolis, Brod, 1866.
The Mekubal Rabbeinu Yaakov of Marvejols, one of the Ba’alei haTosafot and from the leading sages of Provance. Also known as “Rabbeinu Yaakov HaChassid”.
The immense Gaon Rabbi Efraim Zalmen Margolis, from the sages of the Kloiz in Brod. Torah and greatness were united at his table. Authored many Seforim which were beloved all across the Jewish world, amongst them this Sefer, as well as ‘Tiv Gittin’, ‘Yad Efraim’, ‘Rosh Efraim’, and his monumental ‘Mateh Efraim’, which is customarily reviewed in all communities during the month of Elul as preparation for the Yomim Nora’im.
Responsa ‘Min Hashamayim’: [19] pp.
Responsa ‘New Beis Efraim’: [1], 23 pp.
16 cm. Worn binding. Some pages loose. Single moth holes. Stains. Some page corners slightly bent. Fair-good condition.