PEH739

PEH739

Inquiry from Solomon Jessurun: The son of a poor man was to be circumcised on the 10th of Av, the day on which the fasting of the 9th of Av was postponed that year. A mohel offered the man a ducat for the circumcision (because it absolves him from the fast). When another man, a Torah scholar, heard of this, he offered two ducats. The father then chose the scholar as the mohel. There arose a dispute about whether this procedure was permissible and whether it was consistent with the dignity of a scholar. David ben Raphael Meldola finds nothing objectionable in the behavior of the scholar but praises his zeal and willingness to help the poor.

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1789-01-10

1789-05-26

Meldola

Meldola, David ben Raphael

AcohenDav

Acohen d'Azevedo, David