Sefer Shut HaRashbid, first section, Shut on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah”, by the Gaon Rabbi Shabtai ben Yitzchak David Segal, Av Beit Din of Bohosh. Published by his grandson and successor, Rabbi Ben Zion Roller. First edition—Cluj/Klausenberg, 1926. 125 leaves. Many moth perforations. Moth damage. No spine. Fair overall condition.
On the title page, two side-by-side stamps:
one of the author, Rabbi Shabtai Segal (after his passing?), the second, of his grandson who published the work, Rabbi Ben Zion Roller, who lived for 2.5 years with his grandfather in order to edit the work and publish a correct edition of it.
In addition, several handwritten glosses and corrections inside the book.
Rabbi Shabtai Segal (passed away 1903) was the son of Rabbi Yitzchak David. Was born in Galicia. In his youth, he lived in Iasi, served in the rabbinate of Miheilan, Solitza, Radovitz. Later, he served as Rav in Bohosh (an important Chassidic city in Romania) for forty years. His work, Shut HaRashbid, was thus named because it uses the first letters of his and his father’s name: Shabtai Yitzchak David. See Encyclopedia of Romanian Jewry, p. 664.
Rabbi Ben Zion Roller (1883-1950) was the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Yehuda Leib. When he was 19, he received his semicha and served as Rav in Bohosh. In 1908 he founded a yeshiva there named Or Chadash Livnei Zion, and the Romanian Ministry of Education recognized it. At the yeshiva, his students learned secular studies as well. Nevertheless, he was one of the first rabbis who fought against the modernization of the religion, and he received the blessings of the Admorim of Bohosh, Pashkan, Shtefanesht, and more. He was a representative in all of the Zionist Congresses and travelled across the country to spread the Zionist idea. In 1926 he published his grandfather’s work. See Encyclopedia of Romanian Jewry, p. 768.
