Lechem Shamayim, on the Mishnayot, Part I, with Binyan Beit HaBechirah, by Rabbi Yaakov Emden (the Yaavetz). Wandsbek, [1733]. First edition.
The Yaavetz's first published book and the only one of his books not printed in Altona, where he established his printing press. An illustration on verso of title page depicts the altar according to the Raavad.
The book contains over twenty scholarly glosses, most of them lengthy, handwritten by R. Mordechai Michael Yoffe (1803-1868), leading disciple of R. Akiva Eger and later rabbi of Zduny, Schneidemühl and Fordon. To the best of our knowledge, these glosses are unpublished.
In his gloss on p. 6a, R. Mordechai Michael Yoffe mentions the works he authored – Beit Menachem and Responsa of R. M. Yoffe.
The present copy was owned after the Holocaust by R. Amram Tzvi Grünwald (1907-1951), grandson of R. Moshe Grünwald the Arugot HaBosem. His stamp appears at the top of the title page: "Amram Tzvi Grünwald, rabbi of Föhrenwald".
[1], 118, 120-122 leaves. 31 cm. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. New binding.
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