This first edition of Chiddushim (Novellae) to the talmudic tractate Pesachim was printed in Frankfurt on the Oder in 1776. The author's father, Eleazar, died before his son's birth in 1728, and Rabbi Eliazar ben Eliazar was given his father's name. In 1759 he was appointed rabbi of Zabludow, and in 1768 rabbi and head … Continue reading Ohr Chadash by Rabbi Eleazar ben Eleazar Kallir with a printed letter from Hart Lyon, a British Chief Rabbi, Frankfurt, 1776.
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The Noda BiYehuda (Rabbi Yechekel Landau) and British Chief Rabbi David Tevele Schiff. Noda BiYehuda II, Sadlikov, 1833.
Rabbi Yechezkel Landau was born in Apta, Poland, in 1713, and died in Prague in 1793. He was a great talmudic scholar, whose responsa (answers to questions) which he called Noda BiYehuda, have great clarity and are mostly accepted today as halachic (Jewish legal) law. The name Noda BiYehuda comes from the beginning of Psalm … Continue reading The Noda BiYehuda (Rabbi Yechekel Landau) and British Chief Rabbi David Tevele Schiff. Noda BiYehuda II, Sadlikov, 1833.
Sefer Lashon Zahav, by British Chief Rabbi David Tevele Schiff, Offenbach, 1822.
Sefer Lashon Zahav was written by Rabbi David Tevele HaKohen Schiff. It gets its title because the values of the Hebrew letters in both the word Zahav and the name David add up to fourteen. Rabbi David Tevele Schiff served as Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London … Continue reading Sefer Lashon Zahav, by British Chief Rabbi David Tevele Schiff, Offenbach, 1822.
Tzelach (Tzion Lenefesh Chaya) by Rabbi Yechezkel Halevi Landau, Sudlikov 1832 – and Rabbi Dr. Hermann Adler.
In 1966 the Jewish Historical Society of England published a book "Remember the Days" consisting of essays in honour of the historian, Cecil Roth. One of the essays, by Adolf Schischa, is entitled Hermann Adler, Yeshiva Bahur. Hermann Adler, the younger son of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler (who … Continue reading Tzelach (Tzion Lenefesh Chaya) by Rabbi Yechezkel Halevi Landau, Sudlikov 1832 – and Rabbi Dr. Hermann Adler.
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