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Sefer Yesod: Ye’aros Dvash by Rabbi Yehonasan Eibschitz. First Edition. Karlsruhe, 1779 * Drashos, mussar discourses, and eulogies by Rabbi Yehonasan Eibschitz. Ye’aros Dvash has been widely acclaimed throughout the Torah world, regarded as a foremost work of drush and mussar. The devout and the pious studied it and embraced it with exceptional affection, and it drew their hearts closer to their Father in Heaven. From the time of its first publication until today, its appeal has never waned. It has been printed in dozens of editions and has inspired countless hearts. As the gaon and tzaddik Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky expressed it: “No one can study the first drasha of Ye’aros Dvash without having his heart aroused to teshuva!” (See the introduction to the Jerusalem 1988 edition.) Rabbi Yehonasan Eibschitz (1694-1764) , Av Beis Din of Prague and later of the Three Communities of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek, was a noted lecturer, famous for his penetrating drashos which often spanned many hours of mussar. In the present work, Ye’aros Dvash (Drush 11), he attests, “I will tell you in good faith that throughout all my days and years in this world, I did not value an hour more than this one when I stand before you to deliver words of rebuke and lead many back from sin.” Two parts in two volumes. The first part was printed in 1779, and the second in 1782. Printed at the opening of the sections are two different and rare haskamos by the Sha'agas Aryeh of Metz. First edition . Page Count: Vol. I: [4], 116 leaves; Vol. II: [4], 116 leaves. Condition : Good. Vol. I has stains on the title page and on several leaves. Both volumes have new, matching bindings.