Shu"t HaRabaz - ownership stamp of Rabbi Chaim Menachem Mintzberg.

Shu"t HaRabaz - ownership stamp of Rabbi Chaim Menachem Mintzberg.

Shu"t HaRabaz to  the Rabbi Betzalel Ze'ev Shafran, ownership stamp of Rabbi Chaim Menachem Mintzberg, rabbi in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, first edition, Warsaw 5690

Condition: Very Good , first leaves and spine slightly loose.

Rabbi Betzalel Ze'ev Shafran (abbreviation: Raba"z, 5627-5690) was a rabbi and adjudicator in Romania. 

He was born to Rabbi Chanoch Henich Shafran in Pomorzany, Galicia. He was ordained by the rabbinate by Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon Eitinga and Rabbi Ya'akov Weidenfeld. He began to serve in the rabbinate in Skolen, Romania, and in the 5649 in Stephanstadt. From 5665

he began to serve as rabbi in Bacau, where he served as rabbi until his demise, and from there he was known as the "Gaon of Bacau." During his 40 years in Romania, he was considered one of the greatest rabbis in the country. Many halachic rulings that were directed to him from both within and outside the country.

He was one of the founders of the Association of Rabbis in Romania. He supported Zionism in general and religious Zionism in particular. Fought the assimilation and abandonment of the religion of the younger generation. 

His answers were collected in volumes of "Shu"t HaRavaz" in three volumes. The first volume was published in Warsaw in 5690. Immediately after his death, two other volumes were published by his sons in Israel, He answered many Halachic questions that were addressed to him from all over the country and abroad.He also dealt extensively with permitting  whose husbands were absent due to the First World War.