Bidspirit auction | Sha'arei Dura. Venice 1563 -

Sha'arei Dura. Venice 1563 - Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Natan Nota Eybeschütz, Son of the Gaon Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschütz. - Sefer Sha'arei Dura, known as Issur VeHetter, laws of ritual salting, kashrut of animals, laws of nidda, and more. By Rabbi Yitzchak of Dura. Venice, [1563], Vittorio Eliano printing. Second edition. This second edition adds commentary, questions and answers, and comparisons to other books, as well as introduction by Rabbi Menachem ben R' Ya'akov HaCohen Raf”a. of Porto. Signature on the title page of the Gaon Rabbi Natan Nota Eybeschütz [d. 24 Av, 1789] was the third son of Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschütz (mentioned in the introduction to his father's well-known work, Urim V'Tumim). He married Rabbi Yehudah Leib Ulma of Prague's daughter and lived in Prague for a while, later on moving with his father to Altona. However, due to the Ya'ave”tz's persecution following the famous dispute with Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschütz, he was forced to leave Altona. He then moved to live in Dresden together with his brother, Rabbi Yehudah Leib. The synagogue where they used to pray in Dresden was known as 'the Eybeschütz Synagogue' and it remained unruined until 1829. He inherited his father's well-known wisdom and genius. ”Great among the greatest, with a mouth so sweet, sage of wisdom and understanding of whispers, scion of elders, chief of captains, great in counsel. There is no conceiving his intelligence. The treasures of his wisdom have no end. The great and famous luminary ... Rabbi Natan Nota, son of the tzaddik, the gaon, rabbi of all Jewry, Rabbi Yehontan Eybeschütz, ztzll”h” was engraved on his gravestone. 64 Leaves. 19.2 cm.