Luchos Eidus
by Rabbi Yehonasan Eibshitz
First Edition
Altona, 1755
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Sefer Luchos Eidus by Rabbi Yehonasan Eibshitz contains letters and endorsements by the great rabbis and kabbalists of the era, defending Rabbi Yehonasan Eibshitz and condemning the rumors spread about him as false.
Shortly after Rabbi Yehonasan Eibshitz, Av Beis Din of Prague, arrived in the city of Altona, there were several tragic incidents of Jewish women who perished during childbirth. Rabbi Yehonasan, who was also a revered kabbalist, proceeded to write special amulets (kameah) for expectant women to carry for protection. When one of these amulets reached the hands of Rabbi Yaakov Emden, he suspected that it contained Sabbatean content and issued a public accusation of heresy against Rabbi Yehonasan Eibshitz, prompting the notorious Eibshitz – Emden Controversy which made waves across the Diaspora.
Rabbi Yehonasan Eibshitz dispatched the amulets he’d created (along with explanations) to his contemporary rabbis and kabbalists, and the vast majority responded with their support, vouching for his innocence.
Rabbi Yehonasan Eibshitz published their letters of support and endorsements in order to dispel any claim or suspicion of his so-called Sabbatean affiliation.
The Vilna Gaon, who was one of the Torah luminaries to whom Rabbi Eibshitz sent his amulet, responded with a powerful letter of endorsement that appears in this book on leaf 71b. In his letter he writes “..Who will give me wings like a dove, I will fly over and live to create peace, in order to extinguish the foreign fire of unjustified machlokes ”
Altona, 1755. First edition. Size: 18.5 cm • Page Count: 78 leaves • Condition: Good condition. Attractive new half-leather binding. Owners’ signatures on title page.
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