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Fundamental Sefer: Shev Ya'akov - First Edition. Pedigree Copy. Signatures and Glosses
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Fundamental Sefer: Shev Ya'akov - First Edition. Pedigree Copy. Signatures and Glosses
Sefer Shev Ya'akov - responsa by the gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Poppers, av beit din of Frankfurt before the Pnei Yehoshua. Frankfurt am Main, 1742. Two parts bound together with separate title pages. Important responsa book. Pedigree copy.
Owner's signature on the title page: "The youth Leib son of the honorable ... [of?] Bamberg, my father, of this Jewish community, in the year 1776 [דהאי שתא א"ז תצל"ח]. Antique signature on the top of the title page, crossed out. Dedication on the front protective leaf by the gaon Rabbi Elchanan Kunstadt, rosh yeshivah of Kol Torah, to his son Rabbi Eliezer, shlit"a, who succeeded his father. Several glosses appear along the leaves of the book in Rabbi Eliezer's hand.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Ya'akov Poppers.
After his passing in 1742, his two sons, Yehudah Leib and Ze'ev Wolf, published this renowned work, Shu"t Shev Ya'akov. The book became a central halachic work, and it is widely cited, inter alia in the Pitchei Teshuvah commentary on Shulchan Aruch. The book is adorned with an approbation by his successor to the Frankfurt Rabbinate - the author of Pnei Yehoshua.
Stefansky, Sifrei Yessod 308.
[1], 109: [1] 139 leaf. Approximately 33 cm. Beautiful margins, high-quality paper.
Fine-very fine condition. Minimal aging stains. Well-preserved old binding.
