Bidspirit auction | First Edition: Neot Yaakov. Izmir,

First Edition: Neot Yaakov. Izmir, 1761. Rare book. Signed by Rabbi Mordechai Adler, Av Beit Din of Hanover - Sefer Neot Yaakov – Responsa and sermons for Shabbatot of the year and festivals, with a commentary on the Passover Haggadah and the appendix Ma'aneh Lashon. By Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Algazi. Izmir, 1761. First edition. Catalogued as ”rare” by the National Library of Israel. On the title page appears an ownership signature: “The humble Mordechai Adler HaKohen, ” Av Beit Din of Hanover, one of the leading sages of Ashkenaz in his generation. He was the son of Rabbi Ber Adler, uncle of the “Great Eagle” Rabbi Nathan Adler of Frankfurt, and father of Rabbi Nathan Adler, Av Beit Din of London and author of Netinah LaGer. Leaves 24–79 contain the appendix Get Mekushar by the author’s son—who also brought the book to print—Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi. Although the chronogram on the title page points to the year 1767, the printer listed had already passed away before that date. [2], 79, 61, 39, 6 leaves. 30 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Condition: Good. Bookplate. Signatures. Aging stains. New binding. The author, Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Algazi, Rishon LeTzion [1680–1756], was a prominent rabbi and Kabbalist in Izmir and Jerusalem. He served as Rishon LeTzion from 1756 until his passing. His son, Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi, succeeded him. His contemporary, the Chida, extolled his greatness, referring to him as: “The pious rabbi, Av Beit Din and Rosh Yeshivah in the Holy City of Jerusalem, a holy, righteous, and humble man.” While still in Izmir, he printed the Kabbalistic work Chemdat Yamim, whose authorship remains unclear—some attribute it to Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov himself. He studied at the famed Beit El Yeshivah of Kabbalists and was one of its heads. His teachers included Rabbi Chaim Abulafia (author of Etz HaChaim) and Rabbi Yitzchak HaKohen Rappaport (author of Batei Kehunah). He served as Rosh Yeshivah of Neveh Shalom Brit Avraham, attended by the greatest sages of Jerusalem, and was a member of the rabbinic court of Rabbi Eliezer Nachum. His many works include: Shalmei Tzibbur, Neot Yaakov, Ma'aneh Lashon, Emet L’Yaakov, Ar’a D’Rabanan, Kehillot Yaakov, Maggid Devarav L’Yaakov, and more. Rabbi Mordechai Adler, Av Beit Din of Hanover [1751–1834], served as a dayan in Frankfurt, his birthplace, and from 1802 as Av Beit Din of Hanover. He was the son of Rabbi Ber Adler and nephew of the “Great Eagle, ” Rabbi Nathan Adler of Frankfurt. His eldest son, Rabbi Ber HaKohen Adler, was a close companion of the Chatam Sofer and the Machaneh Levi. His younger son, Rabbi Nathan Adler, author of Netinah LaGer, succeeded him as rabbi in Hanover and later became the Chief Rabbi of England. Some of Rabbi Mordechai Adler’s novellae were published in the appendix Knafayim Neshrim, included in Leshon HaZahav (Offenbach, 1822) by his uncle and teacher Rabbi David Tevele Schiff Katz, Av Beit Din of London.