Mahara"m Schiff, Chiddushei Halachot, Dyhernfurth, 1766.

Mahara"m Schiff, Chiddushei Halachot, Dyhernfurth, 1766.

Chiddushei Halachot, Part I, on Tractates Beitzah, Bava Metziah, Ketubot, Chulin and Gittin, and also Part II, on Bava Kamma, Shabbat, Sanhedrin and Zvachim, with the addition of pleasant sermons authored by the great and famous gaon ...

Published by Shmuel Katz. Printed in Dyhern Fort.

Chiddushei Mahara"m Schiff is among the most fundamental books in Talmudic commentary, and is among the select commentaries printed inside Talmud Bavli.

Rabbi Meir ben Ya'akov Schiff - known by the moniker 'Mahara"m Schiff' [1605-1641] was a rabbi, rosh yeshivah and Talmudic commentator in Germany. He became famous for his extreme sharpness. He wrote compositions on Talmud, halachah and Kabbalah, but most were burned or lost. His most well-known work is this one,  Chiddushei Mahara"m Schiff, which is also printed at the end of every tractate of the Babylonian Talmud printed by the Widow and Brothers Romm. He was born in Frankfurt to Rabbi Ya'akov Schiff, who was a rosh yeshivah. There is a dispute in tradition about his date of birth, but it appears that he was born in 1608. In 1622, he was appointed rabbi and rosh yeshivah of Polda, where he became renowned throughout all of Europe. Hundreds of students studied at his yeshivah. Before his passing, he was appointed to serve as rabbi of Prague, but he passed away suddenly at a young age on 20 Adar, 1644. Summaries of his lessons on the entire Talmud that he delivered to his disciples were written, and their remnants are his novellae that are printed on some of the 11 parts of the Babylonian Talmud in the common editions of the Talmud Bavli, under the name Chiddushei Mahara"m Schiff. A commentary to the book has been written by Rabbi Mordechai Mardosh.

[1] 80 16 leaves, 33.5 cm.

The original gilt embossed title on the book is preserved.

Fine-very fine condition. Aging stains.