Responsa Shaagat Aryeh, Halachic studies on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Ginsburg Rabbi of Metz.

Frankfurt an der Oder, [1756], Professor Grilla. First edition.

The first sefer of the Shaagat Aryeh, through which he became renowned for his brilliance. The sefer was widely accepted throughout the Jewish world, reaching the community of Metz, who subsequently invited him to succeed Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschutz as their rabbi.

The author of Shaagat Aryeh was extremely poor, and due to a shortage of paper, the first edition of Shaagat Aryeh was written almost completely in acronyms.

[1]. 93 Leaves.

Antique signature: Hakatan Wolf Wertheim.

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The author (c. 1695-1785), was the foremost Lithuanian Talmudic scholar of his generation. He was praised by men of such stature as the Vilna Gaon and Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin - who was his disciple.


David Metzger states in the introduction to the Jerusalem 2002 edition that there are two variants of this first edition. One which had only 89 leaves containing 103 responsa (which was the version used by R. Akiva Eger as he cites no. 103 as the last responsa); and a more complete version with 93 leaves and an additional four responsa, plus a table of corrections on the last page (see p. 20 n. 35 of the introduction). The present copy is complete with the table of corrections.

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