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Extremely Rare! Lengthy Dedication Handwritten and Signed by the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Forhand of Makova: Beit Naftali by Rabbi Naftali Hacohen Schwartz Av Beit Din of Mád - First Edition Munkatch, 1906 - Sefer Beit Naftali, ”on the Torah and accompanied by Sefer Imrei Shefer, Drushim and eulogies... by the famed Gaon and Tzaddik Rav Naftali Hacohen Schwartz the Av Beit Din of Mád”. First edition published by his son Rabbi Pinchas Zelig Hacohen Schwartz - Munkatch, 1906. [4], 120 leaves. Stains and minor blemishes. Some moth perforations. Taping to the upper edge of the title page and several places. Good overall condiiton.  On the upper part of the title page, a dedication handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Forhand Av Beit Din of Makova from the time he served as Dayan of Nitra, his birthtown. The dedication is to the bridegroom Moshe Prager, the son of Rabbeinu's friend Rabbi Avraham Prager Rosh Av Beit Din of Topoltchan (Topoľčany, Slovakia): ”לדורון דרשה להב' החתן המופלג... מהו' משה פראגער נ”י ויזרח וי”ר שזיווגו יעלה יפה יפה יפה בשעה טובה ומוצלחת אמן וכ”ט. הוא בן ידינ”פ [ידיד נפשי] ואוהבי מאוד הרב הגאון הצדיק מהו' אברהם פארגער רב”ד דק”ק טפ”ש [טאפלטשאן] יע”א. מנאי הק' משה פארהאנד דיין בנייטרא יע”א”. The Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Moshe Forhand of Makova (August 24, 1862 – June 10, 1944) a foremostcontemporary Hungarian Rav. Born in the city of Nitra to Rabbi Yosef Zvi, he studied in his youth in Mattersdorf under the Chasan Sofer, Rabbi Shmuel Ehrenfeld, and became renowned for his diligence and piety. After marrying Rachel, daughter of Rabbi Aharon Sheinfeld, he became connected to Chassidic circles and was a disciple of the Rebbes of Belz, Shinova, Tolna, and Sighet. In 1887, he was appointed as Dayan and Posek in Nitra, where he founded a yeshiva and delivered lessons to the members of the Machzikei Torah society. In 1914, he became the Rav of Makova, a position he held until his passing. He authored the book Ohel Moshe on the Torah and Choshen Mishpat. He was known as a hidden tzaddik, ascetic in lifestyle, devoted to repentance and the spiritual elevation of the Jewish people. In his final testament, he promised that anyone who works to rectify his soul will merit complete Teshuvah, writing: “For I toiled greatly to achieve true repentance, especially for the sins of my youth, and many times with literal self-sacrifice”. He passed away in the Jewish hospital of Pest a week before the deportation of the Jews of Makova. After significant efforts, he was buried in the Orthodox cemetery of the city. He was succeeded by his grandson, Rabbi Moshe Nosson Note Lemberger, who reestablished the community after the Holocaust and continued his legacy in Eretz Yisrael.