Lot 366
Or Torah – Signature and Glosses of Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh, Teacher and Rabbi of The Chatam Sofer
Or Torah, written by Rabbi Menachem Di LonzaNo. With Likutei Michtav MeEliyahu, by Eliyahu Azriel of Vilna. Homburg, [1738].
On title page inscription and signature: "Ya'akov Shemesh, Rosh Chodesh Elul 1756". Additional inscription of Rabbi Zalman Kavlanch who bought the book [from estate of Rabbi Shemesh] in Frankfurt am Main in 1794. Glosses and another signature [very cut-off] in handwriting of Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh on book leaves.
Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh (died 1785, Otzar HaRabbanim 9960), a leading Torah scholar, Served as Beit Din Head of the Kloiz Beit HaMidrash HaGadol in Frankfurt am Main. (The fourth rabbi to sign the letter of the Frankfurt rabbis in regard to the Get of Kliva). He was one of the rabbis of the Chatam Sofer in his youth, and the Chatam Sofer mentions him in his works by the title of My Teacher My Rabbi. See attached material.
[4], 1-28, 27-46, [8] leaves. C. 16 cm. Good-fair condition, restored tear on title page margin, stains. New cover.
Leaves 27-28 are double in this copy, (printed again with changes).
