Bequest to the heirs of the famed “Pnei Yehoshua.”

RESIDUAL ESTATE OF THE “P'NEI YEHOSHUA.” R. Jacob Joshua Falk (1680-1756), famed author “P'nei Yehoshua,” served as rabbi of Frankfurt between the years 1741-1751. According to the terms of the present document: “These 50 Reichsthaler belong to the heirs of the Gaon, author of ‘Pnei Yehoshua,' who served as Av-Beith-Din here (i.e. Frankfurt), according to the will of my father-in-law, the pious Leib Emmerich - with the exception of the heirs of the rabbi of Hanover, who though being heirs of the aforementioned rabbi (i.e. P'nei Yehoshua), have no claim to this, having already received their share.” - The allusion is to the heirs of the P'nei Yehoshua's son, R. Aryeh Leib (1715-1789), author “P'nei Aryeh,” who served as rabbi of Hanover from 1761 until his death. See EJ, Vol. VI, cols. 1155-58