Eibeschetz Jonathan (1 results)
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Published by Printer: Joseph Emanuel Diesbach, Prague, Czech Republic 1791
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 138 leaves. 22 x 19cm. Printed on thick, high quality paper. A rubber stamp of M. L. Landau of Breslau appears on title page. last leaf and several internal pages. This was apparently the published author, of the late 18th or early 19th centuries. There are several interes…ting Hebrew and Yiddish inscriptions of former owners on the blank pages: 1. One dated 1 May 1817 by Yosef who was a melamed, a teacher in [Heitschnist?] 2. By Izhak Ber Segal, from the town of Giesch, who relates that he acquired the book when he happened to spend the night at a town named [Weiten Treibishitz?] at the home of the prominent man Aaron. He read the book at night, plead with the owner to sell it to him. The owner told him he has a second copy and that rather than sell this copy ot him, he would barter it in exchange for four high quality scrolls for mezuzot, which Izhak Ber Segal, apparently a scribe (sofer STAM) hastened to produce. Giesch (Kiskoros) is a town in Hungary, which according to the Encyclopedia of Jewish communities in Hungary, had a Jewish population of 4 in 1784/5, and 143 Jews in 1840. 3. There is an inscription in German dated 20th July, no year, penned in Giesch, stating that the book belongs to the Jew named Isar Einstein of Giesch The name is probably Einstein, except there seems to be an 'm' at the end. The place name is probably Giesch or Kiesch; the first instance has probably the letter 'G', the second definitely not, it looks like a 'K'. Vinograd THESAURUS v. 2, page 552, Prague number 990. Ahavat Yehonatan Yehonatan Eibeschuetz. (drashot al pi seder haTora). Prague, 1791.138 leaves.4to. Aron Freimann Die hebraeischen Druckereien in Prag von 1733 1828. Soncino Blaetter, III (1929 1930). Number 11. Mifal Habibliografia Haivrit, hoveret ledugma, Jerusalem, 1964. The entry for Yehonatan Eibeschuetz. Number 2. OCLC: Libraries worldwide that own item: 4. Jonathan Eybeschutz or Eybeshitz (Yiddish: יהונתן אייבשיץ; 1690-1764) was a Talmudist, halakhist, and kabbalist holding positions first as Dayan of Prague and later as rabbi of the "Three Communities": Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek. He is well known for his conflict with Jacob Emden in the Emden-Eybeschutz Controversy.
