Chiddushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger. Sacred and Pedigree Copy Signed by the Author of Yitev Lev, the Kol Aryeh, the Lechem ...

Chiddushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger. Sacred and Pedigree Copy Signed by the Author of Yitev Lev, the Kol Aryeh, the Lechem Shlomo of Shamloy and Others.

Chiddushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger on several Talmudic tractates. Berlin, 1858. First edition. Copy with an especially distinguished ownership pedigree, passed down from generation to generation between Torah greats, leading rabbinic instructors and Chassidic giants who learned from it in their studies.

It is extremely rare to find a copy with such a distinguished ownership pedigree, one that was used by several of the Jewish people's most prominent spiritual leaders, who each left their mark on it. Exciting first-rate historic item.

Several signatures appear on the title page and on the protective pages: 

* "The youth Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum" - the great gaon, the author of Yitev Lev of Sighet, grandson of the Yismach Moshe and founder of Sighet Chassidism. Grandfather of the Admo"r R' Yoelish of Satmar. His sanctity is indescribable.

* "The youth Avraham Yehuda HaKohen Schwartz, av beit din of the community and environs" - this is the great gaon, the author of Kol Aryeh of Mád, one of the Chatam Sofer's disciples. It is told that he studied Kabbalistic books in secret and covertly, together with the sacred Admo"r, the author of Yitev Lev. This very book may serve as a tiny support for this idea.

* "The youth Ya'akov Ehrenreich" - son-in-law of the above Rabbi Avraham Yehudah Schwartz. It is known that the author of Divrei Chaim of Sanz was the one who suggested this match[!], from which we can learn of R' Ya'akov's great stature.

* "The youth Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich" - the great gaon, the author of Lechem Shlomo, av beit din of Shamloy, son of the above Rabbi Ya'akov. His signature appears more than ten times [!!]. Lengthy gloss by him on page 25b (the second part is erased).

* The youth Chaim Tzvi Ehrenreich" - this is the mighty gaon, the author of Kav HaChaim, av beit din of Mád, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman's brother.

* "Horowitz" - this is Rabbi Yehudahleh Horowitz of Dzikov's signature.

And many more signatures, that due to insufficient time have not been examined in-depth, yet undoubtedly include other important signatories: "Yitzchak Isaac Yehuda Yechiel, known as ..." "Aharon Teitelbaum, " "David Yitzchak Teitelbaum, " "Yitzchak Yehuda Yekutiel Zalman Teitelbaum, " "Yitzchak Danziger, " "Ya'akover [!] Gintzler, " "Dovber Eisenberger, " "Avraham Yitzchak Kornfeld" and more.

Ink stamps: "The youth Yehoshua Ehrenreich, " "The youth Chaim Ehrenreich."

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of the Admo"r Rabbi Yekutiel Yehudah Teitelbaum, the gaon Rabbi Avraham Yehudah HaKohen Schwartz, the gaon Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich, and the Admo"r Rabbi Yehudah Horowitz.

Renowned expert's authorization affirming the authenticity of the Yitev Lev's signature, and others.

[2], 28, 15, 26, [1] leaf. 33 cm.

Fine-very fine condition. Aging stains. Ink smudges. Several signatures are erased or blurred. Original cardboard binding with leather spine, slightly worn.