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An Important Sefer Yesod! Complete Set of the First Edition of the Noda BiYehuda Mahadura Kama and Mahadura Tanyana - Prague, 1776-1811 Copy of the Chasam Sofer's Disciples - This is an important Sefer Yesod, foundational in the Halachic world - complete set of the famed Shut books the Noda BiYehuda - including the two sections of Mahadura Kama and the two sections of the Mahadura Tanyana, all originally printed in Prague. The work by the Gaon Rabbeinu yechezkel Segal Landau, the Rav of Prague. Stefansky Sifrei Yesod 309.  A. Mahadure Kama - first ediiton in Rabbeinu the author's lifetime , ”authored by me the young Yechezkel Halevi Landau sitting here in Prague...”. Prague - 1776. Section I - Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah: [2], 86, [9] leaves. Section II Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat: [1]. 157 leaves.  Separate title page for Section II. The author's rhymed, poetic introduction in Section I.  Much moth damage throughout the book, to the inner and outer margins, slightly affecting the text. Fair overall condition.  B. Mahadura Tanyana - first edition published by Rabbeinu the author's son and successor, the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Landau, who added some of his own responsa. Prague - 1811. Section I - Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah: [6], 2-161, 163-170 leaves. Section II - Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat” [1], 169, 150-159, [1] leaves.  Tears and taping mainly to the title page and the introduction leaves, slightly affecting the text. Stains and some mold stains. Mostly good overall condition/  Bound in fine new matching bindings.  On the title page of the Mahadura Kama, an ownership signature: ”הק' דוד בהמנוח כ”ה שמעון נ”ש...”. On leaf 86, a word was completed: ”פואה” . On the title page of the Mahadura Tanyana, signatures of Maran the Chasam Sofer's disicples:  ~ Signature of Rabbi Yitzchak Oplatka: ”חנני ד' בזה בעד ארבעים גרוש, הצעיר יצחק מפראג”. Throughout the book, several glosses handwritten by him.  ~ Notation and signature of Rabbi Eliezer Bergman: ”... מהו' ר' דוד ווייזקאפף... ולי הק' אליעזר במוה' יוסף בנימין היידנהיים” - apparently referring to the Gaon Rabbi david Weisskop Av Beit Din of Walerstein and Nordlingen.   *** Rabbi Yitzchak Oplatka of Prague (1819-1900) Chasam Sofer's disciple who studied at his yeshiva in Pressburg. In 1838 he moved to Eretz Yisrael by his Rav’s recommendation and married the daughter of Rabbi Baruch Ayash, under whose influence he adopted many Sephardic customs, including his handwriting, as indicated by his glosses. He was a leader of the Kolel Ungarin, and he served as a Dayan of the Kolel’s Beit Din. Rabbi David Weisskop Av Beit Din of Walerstein (1798-1882) the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zeligman. The Chasam Sofer's disciple. Served as rav of several Ashkenazic communities. His descendants were rabbis in several European towns. See HaChatam Sofer Vetalmidav p. 106 and onwards.  Rabbi Eliezer Bergman (1798-1852), one of the founders of the Holland and Deutschland Kolel (better known as Hod) and one of the builders of the old Yishuv of Jerusalem. Born in Heidenheim in Bavaria (Germany), son of the Rav of the city Rabbi Yosef Binyamin son of Rabbi Eliezer Bergman. At the age of 17 he studied in the famous Werzburg Yehshiva together with the author of the Aruch LaNer and  Rabbi Yitzchak Dov Bamberger and Rabbi Nathan Adler (the second), later Av Beit Din of London. The Yeshiva was led by Rabbi Avraham Bing, the Rav of the state. He was always very active in the Mitzvah of settling the Land of Israel and in 1828 he even went on a journey to the German cities for the matter. In 1835 he immigrated to the Land of Israel and arrived in Sidon. He aspired to establish a community of immigrants from Germany there, but for some reason after four months he moved to Jerusalem. He was later appointed as a Shadar of Kolel Hod (Holland Deutschland), in which capacity he travelled several times to western Europe. An eye witness described his visit to the house of Anshel Rothschild in Frankfurt “when the rumor arrived that Rabbi Eliezer Bergman has come from Jerusalem via Mainz to Frankfurt the leaders and respected members of the community made preparations to set out in carriages and horses to greet him half an hour outside the city, and they led him with great honor to the house of one of the rich members of the community.” As well as being an activist and fabric merchant, Rabbi Bergman was a tremendous Lamdan, and his descendants have hundreds of sheets with the Divrei Torah he had written. He corresponded on Halachic topics with many of contemporary rabbis such as the Ketav Sofer, Rabbi Yisrael of Shklov – to whom he refers with many superlatives in his book Behar Yereah, his colleague in management of Kolel Hod Rabbi Yehosef Schwartz and others. He was also a member of the Moetzah Gedolah established by Rabbi Moshe Maggid, the leader of the Ashkenazic community of Jerusalem.