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Letter of Semichah with the Holy Signature of the “Noda B'Yehuda” and with signatures of the members of his Beis Din, the great sages of Prague — 1760. Letter of Semichah signed by the great Posek Rabbeinu Yechezkel Halevi Segal Landau, author of Noda B'Yehuda, together with the signatures of the members of his Beis Din in Prague. Prague, 3 Sivan 1760. שיר המעלות לדו”ד...” – מכתב סמיכה שניתן לרבי דוד ב”ר רבי יצחק אייזק בינדלש מפראג, ”לישרי לב סמכה בסמוכין... מהיום ומעלה, לקרותו בשם מורינו הרב ר' דוד לס”ת ולכל דבר... The Semichah letter is written in a scribe’s hand. At the end of the Semichah appears a signed line in the Holy Handwriting of the Noda B'Yehuda: ”המדבר לכבוד התורה ולומדי' הק' יחזקאל סג”ל לנדא” Rabbeinu Yechezkel Halevi Segal Landau (1714–1793), one of the greatest pillars of Halachic ruling in all generations, upon whom all of Israel relied. From a young age, he was known as one of the great Gaonim of his era. From age thirteen until thirty, he dwelled in Brody, one of the great Torah centers of the time, home to the famed Kloiz that housed many of the great sages of the generation. In Brody he served about ten years as Av Beis Din of one of its four Batei Din. During his years in Brody he became close to the renowned scholars of the Kloiz, including Rabbi Chaim Tzanzer and Rabbi Gershon of Kitov (brother-in-law of the Baal Shem Tov). In those years, he studied the writings of the Ari in partnership with Rabbi Chaim Tzanzer, the preeminent of the Kloiz. Around 1745 he became Rabbi of Yampil, and in 1754 he ascended to serve as Rabbi of the great city of Prague and its environs. In Prague, he led with greatness and became renowned as one of the towering leaders of the generation. In Prague, he established a great Yeshiva, where he taught thousands of students, many of whom became the leading figures of the generation. His famed disciple Rabbi Elazar Fleckeles, author of Teshuvah Me’Ahavah, wrote in his eulogy: ”העמיד כמה אלפים תלמידים בעולם, מהם כמה מאות מורי הוראות בישראל ויושבי כסאות למשפט” Thousands sent him Halachic inquiries from the farthest regions. Some 850 of his responsa were printed in his Sefarim Noda B'Yehuda. His Sefarim printed in his lifetime — Shu”t Noda B'Yehuda - Mahadura Kama, and Chiddushei Tzelach on Tractates Pesachim and Berachot — earned him global renown while he was yet alive. The Chida in his Sefer Shem HaGedolim writes about the Sefer Noda B'Yehuda: תשובותיו מיוסדות על אדני הפלפול והסברא חריפות ובקיאות, והרביץ תורה בישראל” בספריו ותלמידיו... החכם בחכמתו יכיר מספריו כי רב הוא ומופלא מגדולי הדור, גאון עז תהלות ישראל וגדול כבודו...” The Noda B'Yehuda writes in one of his responsa about one of the Chiddushim he innovated: ”ולדעתי כיוונתי בזה דבר אמיתי בתורת משה” On this responsum, the Chasam Sofer writes in one of his responsa (II, Even HaEzer, siman 95):  ”ודבר אלקים בפיו, אמת” Regarding the greatness and sanctity of the Sefer and its rulings, the Baal HaTanya said:  ”הרב מפראג היה יחיד בדורות בהוראותיו, והיה ה' אתו, שקלע אל השערה ולא החטיא המטרה האמתית בכל דבר אשר הורה...” After the signature of the Noda B'Yehuda, are the signatures of five members of his Beis Din — the great sages of Prague (who signed together with him on additional Beis Din documents). These are: ”יהודא ליב קאסוויץ מפראג” — Rabbi Leib Kasowitz (Roshovitz; d. 1783), served as Rosh Beis Din during the period of the Noda B'Yehuda. ”יצחק וואלף במוהר”ר אהרן אויסטרליץ סג”ל זלה”ה” — Rabbi Yitzchak Binyamin Wolf Osterlitz (d. 1762), distinguished disciple of Rabbi Yonasan Eibeschutz, Rosh Yeshiva in Prague and Rabbi of the “Chatzer HaGadol” synagogue in Prague, among the first signatories on the rabbinic appointment of the Noda B'Yehuda. ”מאיר בהרר”פ בומסלא זצלה”ה” — Rabbi Meir Ben Fishl (Fishls) Bumsla (d. 1770), disciple and close associate of Rabbi Yonatan Eybeschutz, served as Rosh Beis Din in Prague during the period of the Noda B'Yehuda, for forty years served as Rosh Yeshiva in Prague, and most of the sages of Prague were his students. ”הק' אשר אנשל במה”ו ברוך עוזרש ז”ל” — Rabbi Asher Anshel Ozerish (d. 1765), among the sages of Prague and Dayanim of the Beis Din of the Noda B'Yehuda. ”הק' שלמה זלמן בהר”ר גומפל עמריך ז”ל” — Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Emmerich (d. 1794), disciple of Rabbi Netanel Weil, author of Korban Netanel, Rabbi of the Meisel Synagogue in Prague, Dayan in the Prague Beis Din, and in 1793 appointed Av Beis Din, author of Shisha Zeronei Arugah (Prague 1789). [1] folded leaf. Good condition. Stains. Fold mark.