AHAVAT YEHONATAN, BY R. YEHONATAN EYBESCHUTZ. TWO PARTS. HAMBURG 1765. FIRST EDITION. OWNERSHIP SEAL OF THE RIDBAZ

AHAVAT YEHONATAN, BY R. YEHONATAN EYBESCHUTZ. TWO PARTS. HAMBURG 1765. FIRST EDITION. OWNERSHIP SEAL OF THE RIDBAZ
Part I – Commentary on the weekly Haftarot, by Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschutz
Part II – Alon Bachut – commentary by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz on the Seven Haftarot of Consolation and the Haftarot of the Festivals.

The holy Gaon R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz (1690-1764) was born in Krakow. A giant in both Halakhah and Kabbalah, and one of the greatest rabbis of the Acharonim period. His father was Rabbi of Eybeschutz and was a descendant of the Arizal. R. Yehonatan was a Rosh Yeshiva and Dayan in Prague, and was Rabbi of the "Three Communities:" Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek. He published in his lifetime his word Kreti U'Pleti on the Shulchan Arukh. This bookAhavat Yehonatan is the first printing of the work, published a year after his death.
On the inside cover is hand-written: "This book Ahavat Yehonatan belongs to the true Gaon sua"h p"h (as erudite as Sinai [where the Torah was given] and the strong hammer [in Torah study] etc., our teacher and Rabbi Yaakov David, shlita, Halakhic decisor in the city of Obroisk."
This is a reference to the Ridbaz, Rabbi Yaakov David Wilovsky (1845-1914), born in Kobrin. Known in his youth as a prodigy, he was appointed Rabbi of Ezablin at age 23. Six years later, he served as a darshan (homiletic preacher) in Vilna, and in 1876, as Rabbi in Obroisk. He published several books on Halakhah and commentaries on the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. He was rabbinical court head in Slutzk, then moved to Chicago and served as a leading rabbi in the U.S.

In 1905 he made Aliyah to the Holy Land and founded a large Yeshiva in Safed. He was considered one of the leading Halakhic decisors in the Land. He was known for his opposition to the Shemitta dispensation (Heter Mechirah), about which he wrote hisKuntres HaShemittah; he attempted to help the farmers during Shemittah by founding the Keren HaShemittah fund.

Additional ownership notes at the end of the book.
93; 56 pages
Condition: Good. The cover (original) is in very bad condition. The book is falling apart.