Auction 82 Part 2 Books and Letters from the Rabbi Yaakov Landau Family Collection
Aug 25, 2021
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel

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Responsa Batei Kehunah - Copies of Rabbi Akiva Eger, with His Handwritten Glosses - Part I, Izmir, 1736 / Part II ...

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Responsa Batei Kehunah - Copies of Rabbi Akiva Eger, with His Handwritten Glosses - Part I, Izmir, 1736 / Part II, Salonika, 1754
Batei Kehunah, responsa, novellae on the Rambam and the Talmud, and homiletics, by R. Yitzchak HaKohen Rappaport, Torah scholar of Jerusalem (disciple of the Pri Chadash and teacher of the Chida). Parts I and II. Izmir, [1736]; Salonika, [1754]. First edition. Two volumes.
Copies of R. Akiva Eger, with scholarly glosses handwritten by him. Vol. II contains a lengthy gloss in R. Akiva Eger's handwriting (46 words; cursive) on leaf 1 of the second sequence. Vol. I contains a scholarly gloss (34 words, square script) handwritten by R. Akiva Eger on p. 76b (gloss slightly trimmed, with an ink stain affecting three words of the gloss).
To the best of our knowledge, these glosses were never published.
Stamps of his son R. Yitzchak Leib Eger of Johannisburg (in German) in both volumes. The endpaper of vol. II contains several ownership inscriptions by the disciples of R. Akiva Eger, attesting that the book belongs to their teacher.
Signature at the top of the title page of vol. I.
The glosses of R. Akiva Eger are valued in the yeshiva world and by Torah scholars for their perspicacity and profundity, and they invest much effort in studying them.
The book Batei Kehunah is mentioned extensively in the books and glosses of R. Akiva Eger, and he obviously studied it in depth.
Stamps of R. Yaakov Landau Rabbi of Bnei Brak.
Two volumes. Vol. I: [3], 132; 108, [7] leaves. Vol. II: [1], 90; 80; 30 leaves. 30-30.5 cm. Vol. I in good condition. Vol. II in good-fair condition. Stains and traces of past dampness. Worming, mostly to vol. II, repaired in part with paper. Tears to several leaves, repaired with paper. Tear on leaf 101 of vol. I, affecting text, repaired with paper. Stamps. Handwritten inscriptions. Old bindings.