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Signatures of Rabbi Chaim Davidsohn, Av Beth Din of Warsaw. Bnei Ahavah, Three Volumes. First Edition. Prague 1819. - Sefer Bnei Ahavah, a three-part work of novellae on Maimonides’ Hilchot Ishut, Gerushin, and Issurei Biah, concluding with responsa. By Rabbi Yonatan Eibeschitz, printed by Franz Joseph Scholl. Prague, 1819. First Edition, published by his grandson Rabbi Gavriel ben Natan Nata Eibeschitz. Among the responsa appended to the work is an especially notable exchange with Rabbi Akiva Eiger (the elder), Av Beth Din of Pressburg, concerning the laws of ḥodesh havchanah (the waiting period before remarriage), as well as a remarkable medical-legal discussion originating in the time of Rabbi Avraham Broda, regarding a woman in whom physicians claimed her milk was poisonous, and Rabbi Yonatan Eibeschitz’s arguments presented before the scholars of the Prague Academy (see fol. 15b). The title pages bear several signatures of the eminent Gaon Rabbi Chaim Davidsohn (Otzar HaRabbanim 5945), born in 1760 in Pińczów to Rabbi David Tevel. A disciple of Rabbi Yaakov of Lissa, author of Netivot HaMishpat, he became a renowned Torah scholar and wealthy communal leader. He played a central role in the Jewish leadership of Warsaw and Poland and was among the rabbinic figures who supported the Polish uprising. In 1839, following the passing of the Chemdat Shlomo, he was appointed Chief Rabbi and Av Beth Din of Warsaw, a position he held for fourteen years. Despite his advanced age, he remained active and vigorous until his final days, passing away in 1854 at the age of ninety-four. [4], 82, [1], 25 leaves. 34.5 cm. Each part with a separate title page.