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Kuntres Ahavat David - the Sabbatean Polemic - by the Gaon Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles Av Beit Din of Prague - Prague, 1800 - It is a Mitzvah and duty of every Jew to pursue them until their utter destruction - rare polemic book from the end of the Sabbatean period - by the famed Gaon Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles Av Beit Din of Prague and author of Shut Teshuvah MeAhava - Prague, 1800 - first and rare edition. The author: the famed Gaon Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles, Av Beit Din of Prague, a leading disciple of the Noda BiYehuda and author of the famed Shut Teshuvah MeAhava. In this book, Rabbeinu speaks sharply against the followers of Shabtai Zvi. Apparently, in that period, ”130 years after Shabtai Zvi's death”, there were still people who believed in him. Rabbeinu writes that what they believe is heresy and they should be pursued until their utter destruction: ”עוסקים יחד בקבלה שוא וסוד העבור... במקום שהכלב קבור, ורירו נוטף מפיו... אחרי שהרשעים מאמיני שב”י, מזלזלים כל האמונות והדעות, מצוה וחובה על כל איש ישראל, לרדוף אותם עד חרמה...”. The Kuntres was titled Ahavat David, with an additional half-title on which it was written that it is Section IV of his book Olat Chodesh.  Appearing on the title page of the book are several signatures: ”מרדכי אדלער הכהן האנובר” [Mordechai Adler Hacohen Hanover].  [8], 32 leaves.  Binding with a blemished spine. The first sheet is detached. Very good condition.