Panim Meirot – halachic novellae from Tractate Bava Kamma by the gaon Rabbi Meir, Av Beit Din of Eisenstadt – the Mahara”m A”sh (occasionally referred to as ‘the author of Panim Meirot ‘). Sulzbach, 1729. First edition.
Before us is the first edition, which the author printed in his lifetime. There is an important preface by the author at the beginning of the book.
Owner’s signature on the title page: Bought with my own funds in honor of my Creator, the youth Yehudah Leib Halberstadt; additional rabbinic signatures.
Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt – Mahara”m Ash [1670-1744] was one of the rabbinic leaders of his generation, known for this book before us, as the author of Panim Meirot . He was a relative of the Shach’s and studied in his youth under the author of Magen Avraham . He was a rabbi of several prominent communities, and in 1717 he was appointed rabbi of Eisenstadt and ‘The Seven Communities.’ He established a senior yeshivah there, to where students arrived from near and far. His primary disciple was Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeschütz, who was an orphan. The Mahara”m A”sh raised him as a son and disciple.
Rabbi Yehudah Leib Halberstadt [d. 1831] was a disciple of the author of Pnei Yehoshua . Rabbi Yehudah Leib was one of the dayanim of Furth and one of its rashei yeshivah together with the gaon Rabbi Wolf Hamburg. He was also the teacher of Rabbi Bamberger of Würzburg.
[3] 51 leaves, 31.5 cm. High-quality paper.
Fine condition: Aging stains. Slight tears in the margins of several of the leaves, far from the text. Simple binding.