Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Kreiti UPleiti - Altona, 1763 - First Edition - Copy of R. Aryeh Leib Breslau Rabbi of Rotterdam, Author of Pnei Aryeh - With His Signature
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Kreiti UPleiti, commentary to Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. Altona, [1763]. First edition.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions on the title page, including the signature of R. Aryeh Leib Breslau Rabbi of Rotterdam: "The purchase of books increases wisdom, Aryeh Leib Breslau".
R. Aryeh Leib Breslau (1741-1809), a leading Torah scholar in his times. Born in Breslau, he studied in his youth in Lissa and Berlin. He frequented the renowned Beit Midrash of the wealthy R. Daniel Yaffe in Berlin, where many of the foremost Torah scholars of the generation studied (including the Pri Megadim and others). He served as rabbi of Emden, and in 1781, was appointed rabbi of Rotterdam. He authored Responsa Pnei Aryeh (Amsterdam 1790), in which he records the halachic correspondence he exchanged with the leading Torah scholars of his time: R. Pinchas Horowitz of Frankfurt - the Haflaa, R. Yeshaya Pick, R. David Tevele of Lissa, R. Meir Weil - a Lissa Torah scholar, and R. Meir Posner - the Beit Meir.
In his books, the Pnei Aryeh at times sharply challenges the novellae recorded in the books Kreiti UPleiti and Urim VeTumim, by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. Furthermore, he devotes in his book an entire composition named Maamar Yesod HaShtarot, comprising 12 chapters, in which he systematically refutes many principles innovated by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz on the topic of shtarot. In his preface to this composition, the Pnei Aryeh states: "I am astounded at the author of Urim VeTumim, who erred on everything he said on this topic, errors which are unsuitable for a Torah scholar of his stature…".
Other signatures and stamps on the title page: "Yosef Natan of Hamburg", "Menachem HaLevi Horowitz", "Shlomo Zalman Berensohn of Warsaw". Signature and stamp: "Yissachar Berush HaLevi [Segal] Horowitz [of Warsaw]".
[3], 34 [i.e.: 35]; 165 leaves. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Large dampstains to some leaves. Worming in several places. Marginal tears to several leaves, not affecting text. Non-original binding.
Stefansky Classics, no. 177.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions on the title page, including the signature of R. Aryeh Leib Breslau Rabbi of Rotterdam: "The purchase of books increases wisdom, Aryeh Leib Breslau".
R. Aryeh Leib Breslau (1741-1809), a leading Torah scholar in his times. Born in Breslau, he studied in his youth in Lissa and Berlin. He frequented the renowned Beit Midrash of the wealthy R. Daniel Yaffe in Berlin, where many of the foremost Torah scholars of the generation studied (including the Pri Megadim and others). He served as rabbi of Emden, and in 1781, was appointed rabbi of Rotterdam. He authored Responsa Pnei Aryeh (Amsterdam 1790), in which he records the halachic correspondence he exchanged with the leading Torah scholars of his time: R. Pinchas Horowitz of Frankfurt - the Haflaa, R. Yeshaya Pick, R. David Tevele of Lissa, R. Meir Weil - a Lissa Torah scholar, and R. Meir Posner - the Beit Meir.
In his books, the Pnei Aryeh at times sharply challenges the novellae recorded in the books Kreiti UPleiti and Urim VeTumim, by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. Furthermore, he devotes in his book an entire composition named Maamar Yesod HaShtarot, comprising 12 chapters, in which he systematically refutes many principles innovated by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz on the topic of shtarot. In his preface to this composition, the Pnei Aryeh states: "I am astounded at the author of Urim VeTumim, who erred on everything he said on this topic, errors which are unsuitable for a Torah scholar of his stature…".
Other signatures and stamps on the title page: "Yosef Natan of Hamburg", "Menachem HaLevi Horowitz", "Shlomo Zalman Berensohn of Warsaw". Signature and stamp: "Yissachar Berush HaLevi [Segal] Horowitz [of Warsaw]".
[3], 34 [i.e.: 35]; 165 leaves. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Large dampstains to some leaves. Worming in several places. Marginal tears to several leaves, not affecting text. Non-original binding.
Stefansky Classics, no. 177.
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