Sefer Divrei Rav Meshulam – the Copy of the Gaon Rabbi Samuel Heller, Av Beit Din of Safed. Koritz, 5463 [1783]. ...

Sefer Divrei Rav Meshulam – the Copy of the Gaon Rabbi Samuel Heller, Av Beit Din of Safed. Koritz, 5463 [1783]. First edition. Extremely rare.

The book 'Divrei Rav Meshulam' by the Gaon Rabbi Abraham Meshulam Zalman Ashkenazi, son of Chacham Zvi. Part A: Questions and Answers. Part B: Insights.

"Insights on several responsa and his [!] surprising words. ... on the words of ... the Rambam ... and on several tractates ... on laws and aggadot, on explanations of midrashim. Sifrei and Sifra, including difficult questions about the commentary Tosafot Yom Tov. And on the book of Mitzvot by ... the Ramban ... and wonderful deep teachings according to the truth ... insights… sermons on several geniuses of the time..."

His eldest son, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch [who was Av Beit Din and Rav of Klausenburg in Austria and Rav in Berdichev, a response from him is printed in his father's book on page 162], printed in Koritz his writings, which include responsa and Halakhic innovations and issues in the book 'Divrei Rav Meshulam.' The book received approbations from Rabbi Zvi Hirsch, Av Beit Din in Brod, and from Rabbi Abraham Mordechai Av Beit Din Zolkiew, author of 'Tiferet Tzvi.'

On the title page and in other places, there are ownership signatures:

1. "Abraham Shlomo Ben Harav Tzvi".

2. "Isaac Jacob Halevi Horwitz" [On the last page, there is a longer ownership notation where he writes that his father was a rabbi in a certain town/city].

3. The signature of the Gaon Rabbi "Samuel Heller, " Av Beit Din of Safed.

Rabbi Samuel Heller (1740–1802):

He served as the rabbi and leader of the Ashkenazi community in Safed for over forty years and was one of the great leaders of the Hasidim in Israel.

Rabbi Abraham Meshulam Zalman Ashkenazi (1730–1787):

He was the Av Beit Din in Austria and a kind of chief rabbi for the Galilee and Volhynia for for several decades. He was the author of the book 'Divrei Rav Meshulam.' He is the younger son of the Chacham Zvi.

Koritz, 5463 [1783]. First edition. [A version with a different, adorned title page and a shorter text, noted by H. Liberman, Ohel Rachel, A, New York 1940, pp. 120-123].

[3], 118 leaves. 31.5 cm. Good condition. Adhesions at the margins of the first 5 leaves and the last 10 pages with minimal text loss on the last 3 leaves. Nice new binding.

A pedigreed copy of a very important and extremely rare book by the son of the Chacham Zvi, belonging to the noted Av Beit Din of Safed.