Bidspirit auction | Sefer Toras HaBayis, Berlin 1762,

Sefer Toras HaBayis, Berlin 1762, Many Rabbinical signatures. Sefer Toras HaBayis HaArokh by Rabbeinu Shlomo ben Aderes (the Rashba) is one of the fundamental texts in Jewish law. This work covers the laws of slaughtering (shechita), forbidden foods, mixtures, wine used for idolatry, hand washing, and family purity (niddah). The center of the pages features the main text of the sefer, surrounded by the annotations Bedek HaBayis by Rabbi Aharon HaLevi, and the Rashba's responses in Mishmeres HaBayis. Berlin, 1762, with the endorsement of Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz and Dayanim of Berlin. Signature on the title page of the Gaon Rabbi Yehuda Leib Halberstadt, who was a Dayan and Rosh Yeshiva in Fürth. Rabbi Yehuda Leib was born in 1777 to his father, Rabbi Yisrael, son of Rabbi Elazar Lazi, who was a Dayan in Berlin. From 1812, he served as a Dayan in Fürth and as the Rosh Yeshiva of the famous Fürth Yeshiva. He fervently opposed the reformers and their attempts to close the yeshiva during the tenure of the Av Beis Din, the Gaon Rabbi Binyamin Wolf Hamburger, author of Sha'ar HaZekenim. Recto of the title page, there is a handwritten inscription by his son, Rabbi Moshe Halberstatter, recording his father's passing. (For a similar inscription, see HaYeshiva HaRama B'Fürth, Vol. 3, p. 373). \Ownership inscriptions of the Gaon Rabbi Josua Moses Falkenau Rosh Beth din of Fürth (1774-1829). Rabbi in Fürth. Falkenau was also a jeweler and owned a glass and mirror store in Fürth Starting in 1804, Falkenau began serving as a judge in rabbinic court (Dayan) and as a faculty member at the Fürth Yeshiva. Given his wealth, he chose not to draw a salary. Josua Moses Falkenau became an assistant rabbi (Rabbinatsbeisitzer) in 1804 and served also as a Rabbinic administrator under Salamon Kohn, who served as head rabbi of Fürth from 1789 until 1819. Falkenau studied under Kohn and Mosche Höchheimer and later served on the faculty of the Fürth yeshiva. Antique ownership inscriptions on title page of R. Abraham Lichtenstadt from 1769. Signature of Rabbi Abraham Treuenfels Rabbi of Stettin. He was a rabbi and doctor of philosophy in Germany. Born at Detniold in 1818, In 1837 he went to Hanover, where he studied under Dr. Adler (later chief rabbi of England). In 1839 he pursued a course of studies at the Bonn University, and completed his Rabbinical education at Frankfurt. In 1844 he was appointed rabbi at Weilburg, in Nassau, and in 1860 he was called to Stettin, where he died in 1879. Pages : [1], 190 Leaves. Size : 34 Cm. Condition : Overall fine condition, stains, light marginal worming to last 2 pages, original leater over wood binding damaged, front cover & first 3 pages detached.