בנין אריאל. אמשטרדם, תקל"ח - מהדורה ראשונה של ספרו של רבי שאול מאמשטרדם - עותק הרה"ג רבי דוד זאלצער ממונקאטש ובנו ...

בנין אריאל. אמשטרדם, תקל"ח - מהדורה ראשונה של ספרו של רבי שאול מאמשטרדם - עותק הרה"ג רבי דוד זאלצער ממונקאטש ובנו רבי מרדכי

Binyan Ariel. Amsterdam, 1778. First edition of the sefer by Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam

Novellae on the parashiyot, Chamesh Meggilot, holidays and festivals; Talmudic novellae and responsa, by Rabbi Shaul [Lowenstam], av beit din of Amsterdam and grandson of the Chacham Tzvi. Amsterdam, 1778. First edition. Two parts.

First edition of the sefer by Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam - renowned rabbi of Amsterdam and one of the leading rabbis of his generation. Part II has a separate title page. The "building" is divided into "homes" and "rooms" and the novellae on Torah are entitled "Chadrei Torah"; on holidays, "Beit Moed"; and on Sha"s, "Beit Talmud."

Part II, leaf 30, bears a responsum from the author's brother, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch, av beit din of Berlin, with respect to "whether one can rely on what you found in a specific sefer just reprinted by one of the current gedolei hador to permit shaving on Chol HaMoed by a poverty-stricken worker." This is obviously referring to the Noda BiYehudah's responsum. The author and his brother vigorously disagree with this ruling. Out of respect for the Noda BiYehudah, they do not mention him by name.

The Chid"a met the author the same year the sefer was printed. In Shem HaGedolim, he wrote about him: "I, the insignificant, had the merit of receiving the Shechinah in 1778 when I was on a mitzvah mission. I had the privilege of being influenced by his Torah, his humility and his perfection."

The Chassid Gaon Rabbi David Hacohen Zeltzer (1842-1908) the grandson of the holy Gaon Rabbi David Deutsch Av Beit Din of Ir Chadash, author of Ohel David. Studied at the yeshivas of Rabbi Zekil Polack, Rabbi Shimon Friedman and the famed Gaon Rabbi Menachem Ash. Served as Domatz in Munkatch and headed the yeshiva there. Was famed for his sermons, some of which were printed by his son in the book Divrei David on the Torah.

The Admor, author of the Darkei Tshuvah wrote of him in his approbation of the Divrei David "I since I have known him as most knowledgeable in Niglleh and Nistar, Torah and Chassidut ... loves his fellow men and beings them closer to the Torah ..."

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