Eshlei Ravrevei – Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah. [Amsterdam, 1756].
On the sheet margins are dozens of long glosses in fine Ashkenazi rabbinic handwriting. Most glosses are copied from the glosses of Rabbi Yechezkel Landau, author of the “Nodah B'Yehuda” printed under the name “Dagul MeRevava” by his son Rabbi Yisrael Landau in Prague in 1794, and later were joined to the various editions of the Shulchan Aruch. The writer added to the signature of each gloss: "AMU" – acronym of Adoni Mori U'Rabi (my Master, my Teacher and my Rabbi), and this is evidence that the writer is one of the disciples of the “Nodah B'Yehuda”.
A few of the glosses were written by the writer himself. In two of them he writes: "And so it is in the responsum of my Master, my Teacher and my Rabbi, Nodah B'Yehuda…". In another place he brings a question and answer in the name of his teacher: "One should ask, is it not set out in the mishnah… and my Master, my Teacher and my Rabbi answers…". In one of his glosses he copies words in the name of "My Teacher in his responsa", and in another place he testifies: "… and so I did in 1796 when a brit milah for twins happened here…". As of now, we have not yet been successful in identifying the person under discussion.
The comparison between these glosses and those printed in “Dagul MeRevava” has not been thoroughly investigated. Some are slightly different from the printed versions; probably the disciple copied the glosses from the original copy glossed by his teacher the “Nodah B'Yehuda”. Amongst these glosses are also some glosses of the “Mahadura Kama” (first edition) printed in “Dagul M'Revava Kama” in Ungvar 1864 [and in the editions of the Shulchan Aruch of ‘Machon Yerushalayim’ they are called “Dagul M'Revava Tanina”].
252, [2] leaves (missing title page). 38 cm. Good condition, stains and wear. Antique leather binding, damaged.