Shulchan Aruch with Be'er Heitev First Edition. Amsterdam, 1749-1754. Three Volumes.

Shulchan Aruch with Be'er Heitev First Edition. Amsterdam, 1749-1754. Three Volumes.

Before us is the first edition of the renowned halachic commentary Be'er Heitev on Shulchan Aruch Ohr HaChaim, printed this day in all editions of the Shulchan Aruch. The 'Be'er Heitev' commentary is a unique phenomenon unknown in any other case. Three different authors composed commentaries with the identical name, each on a different part of the Shulchan Aruch. These commentaries were accepted throughout the Diaspora and are printed to this day in all editions of the Shulchan Aruch as one continuous commentary called "Be'er Heitev" despite their actually being three totally different books. (Refer to : Zechor L'Avraham, 1992, pp. 112 onward.)

* Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah with the Be'er Heitev commentary by Rabbi Zechariah Mendel, Av Beit Din of Belz. Amsterdam, 1754. First edition of the Be'er Heitev commentary - printed today on the leaves of Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah.

[4], 264, 263-299, 100-152 leaves, 19 cm. Stefansky Sifrei Yesod 168.

* Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat with the Be'er Heitev commentary by Rabbi Moshe Frankfurt. Amsterdam, 1849. First edition of Be'er Heitev by Rabbi Moshe Frankfurt, who was a dayan in Amsterdam.

[4], 396 leaves, 18 cm.

* Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim with the Be'er Heitev commentary by Rabbi Yehudah Ashkenazi, and more, and with the book Eshel Avraham al Be'er Heitev by Rabbi Avraham Oppenheim. Amsterdam, 1769. First edition of the work Eshel Avraham.

[5], 186, 103 leaves, 19 cm.

Ancient rabbinic owners' signatures "מנחם אריה בלא"א כ"ה יונה קניגסהופר." The leaf preceding the title page of Orach Chaim bears a handwritten sale-of-chametz document from 1800.

Overall fine condition. Original bindings, some detached, with remnants of closing buckles.