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Rare! The Handwritten Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Toivash Av Beit Din of Jassy the In-Law of the Admor Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna: Rabbeinu Bachye - Amsterdam, 1726 - Rabbeinu Bachye. elucidation on Chamisha Chumshei Torah by Rabbeinu Bachye, one of the most important elucidations on the Torah. Approbations by the rabbis of Amsterdam. The pRess of Rabbi Moshe Frankfurt, Amsterdam, 1726. [1], 267 leaves. Stains. Some moth perforations. Tears and taping, some of them slightly affecting the text. Old binding with blemishes. Good overall condition.  On the title page of the book, the handwritten signature of the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Toivash - perforation in the signature. An additonal notation about the book belonging to Rabbeinu.  *** The Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Toivash (1808-1865), the Rav of Jassy (Iași). The son of Rabbi Aharon Moshe, the Rav of Jassy and author of To'afot Re'em and Karnei Re'em. Succeded his father as Rav of Jassy. Authored many books including Chayei Olam on the Shulchan Aruch and the Torah, Milchamot Hashem on the Passover Haggadah, Olelot Shmuel on the Torah and more. His glosses on the Shas were printed at the end of the Vilna Shas and became an invaluable asset on the Bavli Talmud.  His descendants also served as rabbis of varied communities including Maran Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Nadvorna.