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LOT 118:
Gemara Berachot Amsterdam 1714 - A copy of Rabbi Ya'akov Shamesh, the Rabbi of the 'Chatam Sofer'. Long Handwritten ...
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Gemara Berachot Amsterdam 1714 - A copy of Rabbi Ya'akov Shamesh, the Rabbi of the 'Chatam Sofer'. Long Handwritten Inscription, Several Handwritten Signatures - the Only Known Handwriting of Rabbi Shemesh!
Rabbi Ya'akov Shemesh (died 1785, Otzar HaRabbanim 9960), a leading Torah scholar of Frankfurt am Main before the author of the Hafla'ah served in the city's rabbinate; Shemesh served as Av Beit Din of the Kloiz, Beit HaMidrash HaGadol in Frankfurt am Main. (The fourth rabbi to sign the letter of Frankfurt scholars in regard to the "Kleve Get"). During Chatam Sofer's youth, Rabbi Shemesh was his Rabbi and is mentioned by the Chatam Sofer in his works by the title "Mori V'Rabbi" [my teacher and Rabbi]
