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Maginei Eretz – Amsterdam, 1720. Many Dozens of Autograph Glosses by the Grandson of the Korban Nesanel. The Copy of Rabbi Elikim Gettschlik, Av Beis Din of Merchingen. - Maginei Eretz – Amsterdam, 1720. Numerous Autograph Glosses by the Grandson of the Author of Korban Nesanel. The Copy of Rabbi Elikim Gettschlik, Av Beis Din of Merchingen. Maginei Eretz on Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, including the classic commentaries Magen David (Taz), Magen Avraham, and Ateres Zekenim. Amsterdam, printed by Shlomo Proops, 1720. An early edition of one of the most important foundational works on Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, printed at the renowned Proops Press in Amsterdam. The volume contains two title pages, the first adorned with an impressive engraved title by the celebrated artist Avraham bar Yaakov. An exceptionally distinguished copy of considerable halachic and scholarly importance, containing dozens of autograph glosses by Rabbi Yehudah, Av Beis Din of Mergentheim (Germany). Rabbi Yehudah was the grandson, through his mother, of Rabbi Nesanel Weil, author of the celebrated Korban Nesanel, and a direct heir to his grandfather's scholarly tradition. In 1776, the work Nesiv Chaim was published, incorporating the Korban Nesanel's glosses on Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim. A preliminary examination indicates that a number of the annotations printed there also appear in the present volume in manuscript form, although a comprehensive comparison has yet to be undertaken. If confirmed, the present copy would possess exceptional scholarly significance. In addition to his own halachic notes, Rabbi Yehudah also recorded traditions heard from his father, Rabbi Moshe Ivri (Ophri), son-in-law of the Korban Nesanel. The volume thus preserves rare firsthand traditions from the Beis Midrash of one of the foremost halachic authorities of Ashkenaz. On leaf 185 appears a signed annotation: ”HaKatan Yehudah mi-Mergentheim, ” confirming the identity of the annotator. Rabbi Yehudah is cited in numerous classic halachic works, including Yad HaLevi (no. 107), Responsa Rivam Steinschneider (Orach Chaim, no. 20), Binyan Tzion by the Aruch LaNer (nos. 175 and II:71), and other important sources. The front pastedown bears an ownership inscription identifying the volume as belonging to Rabbi Elikim Gettschlik, Av Beis Din of Merchingen (Baden, Germany), who served as the city's rabbi approximately between 1763 and 1793. Rabbi Elikim was among the leading rabbis of southern Germany in the late eighteenth century and is mentioned with great respect in Responsa Zikhron Yosef (Even HaEzer, no. 9). A highly distinguished rabbinic copy, combining dozens of important autograph annotations, authentic traditions from the circle of the Korban Nesanel, and the provenance of two prominent rabbinic leaders of southern Germany. [3], 322 leaves. 30 cm. Two title pages, the first with an engraved copperplate title by Avraham bar Yaakov. Condition: Good. Age stains. Minor tears. Modern half-leather binding.