Urim V' Tumim, Part II. Karlsruhe, 1877. First Edition. Copy Previously Owned by the Ketzot HaChoshen's Family.

Urim V' Tumim, Part II. Karlsruhe, 1877. First Edition. Copy Previously Owned by the Ketzot HaChoshen's Family.

Urim V' Tumim Part II from the famous work by Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschütz. First edition. Karlsruhe, 1777. Copy previously owned by the renowned Heller family - son of the author of Ketzot, his grandson, in-law and father-in-law all signed it, and there are other signatures as well.

* Signature on the title page: "L'Hashem HaAretz U'Meloah ... the youth, Zanvl ... Tzhelin." - apparently this is the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Zanvil Aryeh Leib Tzehlin, son of the gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Tzhelin and father-in-law of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Heller, author of Ketzot HaChoshen. See below.

* Signature on the second protective leaf "L'Hashem HaAretz U'Meloah, the youth Yosef Dov Berish HaKohen" - this is the second son of Rabbeinu Aryeh Leib Heller, , author of the Ketzot., and son-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel Zanvil Tzehlin.

* Many owners' signatures: "L'Hashem HaAretz U'Meloah, the youth Mordechai, son of Rabbi Yosef Dov Berish HaKohen ... - grandson of the Ketzot. This signature appears in various forms.

* Additional signatures:

* Notation on the second protective leaf: "Belongs to the [many honorifics] Rabbi Ya'akov Ginzburg" - there are several scholars known to have shared this name. This may be the gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Ginzburg of Prague, author of Zera Ya'akov.

* Signature: "Tzvi Hirsh Horowitz"

And other unidentified signatures.

On page 224b, there is an antique handwritten comment, possibly written by Rabbi Yosef Dov. Additional gloss on page 346a.

Rabbi Shmuel Zanvil Aryeh Lein Tzehlin of Pintsburg was a gaon and a mussar personality. He was the father-in-law and close associate of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Heller, author of the Ketzot. He wrote a beautiful lyrical poem printed at the end of Ketzot HaChoshen. He authored a book entitled Shlomo Mul Eder which was printed anonymously in Warsaw in 1814. Four years later, it was reprinted in Prague with the addition of important approbations, and the author's name was added, too. In this book, he includes quotes in the name of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, Rabbi Avraham Chaim av beit din of Zlotchov and others.

Rabbi Yosef Dov Berish HaKohen - second son of Rabbeinu Aryeh Leib Heller. He served in the Kashnozh rabbinate and then in Vodzislav.

[1], 205-381, [5] leaves. 36 cm.

Moderate-fine condition. Aging stains. Light worming perforations on several leaves. Margins of the last leaves are worn. Blemished front binding. Lacking back binding. Ink smudges.