Ba'al HaNefesh. Berlin, 1762; Signature by the Gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh, the Chatam Sofer's Rabbi

Ba'al HaNefesh. Berlin, 1762; Signature by the Gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh, the Chatam Sofer's Rabbi

"I heard something like this from the Adm"o, the great rabbi, Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh ztz"l, who was a rabbi in the kloiz in the large beit midrash in my hometown of Frankfurt am Main" (Chiddushei Chatam Sofer Gittin 32b)

Sefer Ba'al HaNefesh, Hilchot Niddah L'Ra'ava"d - a fundamental halachic work. With Hilchot V'Chiddushei Masechet Niddah L'HaRamba"n and more from the Rishonim.

Personal copy that belonged to the gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh, av beit din of Frankfurt and the Chatam Sofer's first teacher, who often refers to him in his works as mori v'rabi. The gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh's signature appears at the top of page 33a [at the beginning of the Raza"h's glosses on Ba'al HaNefesh], a lengthy and beautiful signature: "LaHashem HaAretz U'Melo'ah, signed, the small one, Ya'akov Shemesh."

It is hard to ignore the fact that this is the copy that belonged to the Chatam Sofer's first rabbi, the one who introduced him to the world of learning. According to the date of print, the sefer was printed about a year before the Chatam Sofer's birth, so that it is not inconceivable that from this very fundamental work, in which the Rishonim [the Ra'ava"d, the Ramba"n, the Raza"h and the Ra"n] deliberate the serious halachahs of taharah, the Chatam Sofer began his main study of halachah in the large kloiz in Frankfurt with his first rabbi, the gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh ...

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon, Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh.

[1] 74 leaf, 20 cm. High-quality paper.

Fine-very fine condition. Aging stains. Isolated worming perforations. New binding.