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Copy of Rabbi Yitzchak Leib Eger, Son of Rabbi Akiva Eger. Shut Even HaShoham, First Edition, Dyhernfurth 1733. - She’elot u-Teshuvot Even HaShoham u-Me’irat Einayim, by Rabbi Elikum Goetz, Av Beit Din of Hildesheim. Only Edition. Dyhernfurth, 1733. A rare work! Accompanied by numerous important approbations from leading rabbinic authorities throughout Poland and Germany. Early signature at the head of the title page: “Yitzchak, son of the late Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Katz, of blessed memory.” Early ownership inscription: “This sefer belongs to the distinguished and renowned sharp-minded rabbi, Rabbi Moshe Rabinowitz.” This most likely refers to Rabbi Moshe Rabinowitz, Av Beit Din of Jedwabne, located between Łomża and Suwałki, son of the renowned Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Chaver, Av Beit Din of Suwałki. He was recognized as one of the foremost rabbis of his generation, and his approbations appear in numerous rabbinic works. Also bearing the Latin-script stamp of Rabbi Yitzchak Leib Eger of Johannesberg.  Rabbi Yitzchak Leib Eger (d. 1871) was the beloved son of the preeminent sage Rabbi Akiva Eger. Akiva Eger From his youth he devoted himself to Torah study, and his illustrious father cites Torah discussions with him even during his early years. In Derush Ve-Chiddush on Ketubot 40b, Rabbi Akiva Eger writes: “My son, the groom, the intelligent Yitzchak Leib, asked me... and I answered him...” After his marriage he lived in Łomża and later moved to Johannesberg in Prussia. In 1862 he published his father’s novellae on Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim. In 1868 he was appointed leader of the Jewish community of Johannesberg, where he labored extensively on behalf of Jewish communal welfare, as reported in HaMaggid (Shevat 1868). Further accounts of his activities and acts of benevolence appear in Me’oran Shel Yisrael by Shtraser (vol. II, p. 316). His own Torah novellae were published in Otiyot de-Rabbi Akiva (London, 1979), including his insights on Tractate Chullin, in which he frequently analyzes teachings he heard from his saintly father. [5], 45 leaves. 28.5 cm.