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Three printed leaves [eight pages] – proofreading leaves for the book Birat Migdal Oz by Rabbi Ya'akov Emden [the Ya'avetz], printed in his home printing press in Altona, with many glosses and corrections in his handwriting. The book was finally printed in 1748. On one side of the leaves is the first printing upon which the Ya'avetz made many corrections and added titles to the top of the pages in his own handwriting. On the reverse, the same pages are reprinted with the revisions and titles. Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Emden – the Ya'avetz (1698-1776), eldest son of Rabbi Zvi Ashkenazi, author of Chacham Zvi. An exceptional Torah scholar of all facets of Torah, a leading sage in those years abundant with outstanding scholars, he is considered one of the most prominent sages of the later generations. Famous for his zealousness, he devotedly combatted the followers of Sabbatai Zevi and the Frankists [for some reason, he suspected that Rabbi Jonathan Eybeschutz joined the Sabbateans and did not hesitate to open a “World War” against a famous accepted Torah scholar. Pamphlets for and against Rabbi Yehonatan stirred up the whole Jewish world at that time]. The Ya’avetz wrote dozens of compositions, and he himself printed them in the private printing press which he established in his home in Altona. Usually, he printed a limited amount of editions which are rare and difficult to obtain today. In spite of their scarcity, his halachic writings, Mor U’Ketziah, and She’elat Ya’avetz responsa, his rulings in the siddur Amudei Shamayim and his composition Lechem Shamayim on the Mishnah have been reprinted numerous times and are often cited in books of rabbinic rulings. [8] pages. Fair condition, wear and tears to margins.