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Glosses by Rabbi Akiva Eiger and his son Rabbi Shlomo Eiger * Shu”t Ginat Veradim by the Gaon Rabbi Avraham HaLevi, Av Beis Din of Egypt, adorned with marginalia by the crown and glory of Israel, the Gaon of Gaonim Rabbi Akiva Eiger and his son, the Gaon Rabbi Shlomo Eiger. In the sefer’s margins: approximately ten glosses in the holy handwriting of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, five of which are signed at the end with his autograph: ”Akiva.”  Additionally, approximately fifteen glosses in the handwriting of his son, Rabbi Shlomo Eiger, four of which are signed at the end: ”Shlomo.” Books containing the autograph signatures of both father and son together are exceedingly rare. The sefer Ginat Veradim was treasured and revered by Rabbi Akiva Eiger and his son, who studied it extensively. This is evident not only from the glosses before us, scattered throughout the sefer, but also from R’ Akiva Eiger’s chiddushim on the Shulchan Aruch and the Gilyon R’ Shlomo Eiger, in which they referenced and cited the Ginat Veradim for practical halachic rulings. In the very margins before us, several glosses are not merely novel insights, but actual halachic rulings. The Marginalia of Rabbi Akiva Eiger The marginalia of Rabbi Akiva Eiger is a unique and wondrous creation, virtually unparalleled in Torah literature. His comments and glosses, jotted in the margins of his seforim, have become enduring treasures for Torah scholars (R. Y. Buxbaum, Moriah, Vol. 70, p. 19). The Sanz Dynasty In the course of time, this copy came into the possession of the descendants of the holy Rabbi Chaim of Sanz. On leaf [2] appears the stamp of the Rebbe Rabbi Yechiel Nosson of Bardiyov, son of Rabbi Moshe of Bardiyov and grandson of the holy Rabbi of Sanz; on the title page is the autograph signature of his son, Rabbi Avigdor Tzvi, Av Beis Din of Bardiyov, as well as an additional signature: Moshe Halberstam. Shu”t Ginat Veradim, Vol. I on Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah. Constantinople, 1717. First edition. Page count: [4], 157, 160–164 leaves.  Size: 30 cm. Condition: Good. From leaf 154a begins the booklet Gan HaMelech, whose leaves have shorter margins; some restoration to the title page and early leaves. New leather binding. Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod no. 307 These glosses were first published in HaDarom, Vol. 10 (New York, 1959), p. 135 and onward. click here