Novella on Tractate Shabbat, of the renowned Rabbi Michael Bachrach, adjudicator on the Beit Din of the gaon, the author of Noda B’Yehudah, in Prague, dubbed "Moreh-Shaveh." Not yet published!
Autograph, with marginal additions all in his hand.
The Gaon Rabbi Michael Bachrach was born to Rabbi Shmuel Zanvil, descendant of the Chavat Yair, in 1730. From his youth he was in a position religious leadership in Prague, and later became a member of the great Beit Din, together with the Noda B’Yehudah and Rabbi Yaakov Ginzburg. Numerous rulings and agreements are signed by the trio as the city’s Beit Din. After the Noda B’Yehudah’s passing in 1793, Rabbi Zalman Amrich served as Av Beit Din, but Rabbi Michael usually filled his place. After Rabbi Zalman’s passing in 1794, Rabbi Michael was elected Av Beit Din, and served in this high position until his passing in 1801.
Rabbi Michael was highly esteemed by the Noda B’Yehudah. The beginning of Sefer Tzla"ch on Tractate Beitzah contains a passage from Rabbi Michael’s teachings, upon which the Noda B’Yehudah’s son wrote, following his father’s passing: "Since I know how beloved the gaon Rabbi Michael’s words were to my father ztz"l, I therefore print them at the beginning of the sefer." Rabbi Michael was among the most proficient experts in the laws of agunahs, as became clear in his sefer, Arugat HaBosem, on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer, siman 17. In the sefer, the author goes to remarkable length to cover all the halachahs pertaining to the issue, with great knowledge and acumen.
8 Sides. 21.3-22.5 Cm. Unbound.
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