Shita Mekubetzet, Amsterdam 1721 – With Glosses by the Rabbi of Shamloy (Şimleu Silvaniei)

Shita Mekubetzet, Amsterdam 1721 – With Glosses by the Rabbi of Shamloy (Şimleu Silvaniei)
Asefat Zekenim, Shita Mekubetzet Bava Metzia. Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi. Published by Yonah Ashkenazi, the printer of Konstantynów who lived in Amsterdam, [1721]. Printed by Yosef ben Akiva Ber. First edition.
Various owners' signatures. Signatures and stamps of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich, Gaon Av Beit Din of Şimleu Silvaniei as well as many glosses and corrections in his handwriting.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Ehrenreich, Av Beit Din of Šafov and Şimleu Silvaniei (1863-1944, Otzar HaRabbanim 18739) was the grandson of Rabbi Avraham Yehudah Schwartz, author of Kol Aryeh, Av Beit Din in Mad. He was a pious Kabbalist and Torah scholar, among Hungary's leading Orthodox Rabbis and halachic authorities, a close Chassid of the Kedushat Yom Tov of Sighet, and a close friend and admirer of the Rebbe's son, Rabbi Yoel of Satmar. Among his books: Lechem Shlomo Responsa, Tiyul BaPardes, Rachmei Ha'Av and more.
Rabbi Shalom Eliezer of Ratzfert said about Rabbi Ehrenreich that no one exists in his generation that can answer halachic queries as well as the Rabbi of Şimleu Silvaniei. Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Freind of Năsăud, who led thousands of Chassidim, would stand in utter submission before Rabbi Ehrenreich. The Darkei Teshuva described him as the second Sha'agat Aryeh.
221 pages. 38 cm. Very good condition. Antique, torn leather cover.
On the title page, the printer swears "by the heavens" that he only printed 500 copies “Therefore the glory of this book shall remain precious in your eyes”.
To learn about the introduction of the printer of Constantinople and his adventures see A. Ya'ari, Three generations of Ashkenazi printers in Constantinople, Kiryat Sefer, 14, 1837-1838, p. 243; and his book, The Hebrew Printing Presses in Constantinople, pp. 42-43.