Sefer Eliyahu Mizrachi – The Copy of the Author of Korban Netanel and His Son

On the title page appear ownership signatures of Rabbi נתנאל ווייל, Rabbi of Karlsruhe and author of Korban Netanel on the Rosh:

“I purchased [this] from the widow of the aforementioned rabbi, Netanel Ashkenazi of Prague.”

Signature of his son, Rabbi ידידיה טיאה ווייל:

“This Mizrachi has come into my possession, Yedidya known as Teiah Weil of Prague.”

On the title page, an additional ownership signature: Natan Cohen of Metz (apparently one of the dayanim of Frankfurt).

A handwritten gloss, apparently in the hand of the author of Korban Netanel, on folio 212.

On folio 234, a signed gloss: “So it appears to me, the humble Eliyahu of Shpreng (?)”.

On folio 211/2, a printed illustration: a map of the borders of the Land of Israel.

[1], 241 leaves. Approx. 32 cm. Thick, high-quality paper.

Good condition. Minor damage and adhesive marks on the title page and the two following leaves. The remainder of the book in very fine condition. Wooden boards covered with vellum, decorated, with remnants of clasps.

Rabbi נתנאל ווייל (1687–1769), Av Beit Din of Karlsruhe, a descendant of Mahari Weil and among the foremost later authorities. A disciple of Rabbi Abraham Broda, who treated him as a son and married him to his niece. He taught Torah in Prague, and following the expulsion of the Jews from Bohemia in 1745 moved to serve as a rabbi in Germany, first in the Black Forest and from 1750 in Karlsruhe. He became the leading rabbinic authority of German Jewry and is renowned for his foundational work Korban Netanel on the Rosh, praised by all the great later authorities and printed as an integral part of standard editions of the Talmud.

Rabbi ידידיה טיאה ווייל (1722–1806), son of Rabbi Netanel Weil, author of Korban Netanel, served as Rabbi of Karlsruhe and of the entire state of Baden, and was one of the leading sages of his generation. He composed the commentary Marbeh Lesaper on the Passover Haggadah, though he concealed his name. He is mentioned in the responsa of leading authorities of his era, including the יחזקאל לנדא (Noda BiYehuda), עקיבא איגר, and the משה סופר. In recent years, his novellae on the Talmud and the Shulchan Aruch have been published.