“Protesting baseless libels from a false enemy who set off to battle … by [Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Weber].” [Jerusalem] [1882]. First edition. Polemic. Pedigreed copy.
Specifications: 27, [1] leaf, 22 cm. Shoshana HaLevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim 403.
Background: Critique of the work Ohalei Shem authored by Rabbi Shlomo Gantzfried in opposition to the words of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam, author of Divrei Chaim , of Sanz. The author defends the Admor of Sanz. He wrote this anonymously, but revealed his authorship in the second edition that was published in Jerusalem, 1885.
Unique Features: Stamps: Rabbi Refael Zilberman, Av Beit Din of Safed; Rabbi Avraham Leib Zilberman, Safed. Signature and stamp of Baruch Reichman of Safed.
Rabbi Refael Zilberman son of Mordechai, known as “Rabbi Refael Dayan” [1839-1917] was born in Uman, Ukraine. He moved to the Land of Israel with his parents in [1850] and studied in the yeshivas in Safed, and with his father who served as rabbi of Safed. In [1860], he was appointed dayan and moreh tzedek in the Ashkenazic community in Safed. After his father’s passing in 1872, he was appointed chief rabbi of the Ashkenazic community of Safed. He was renowned for his wisdom and Torah greatness. His grandson, Rabbi Avraham Leib Zilberman was orphaned as a young child and then raised by his grandfather. In 1909, he was appointed dayan in Safed. After his grandfather’s passing in 1918, he was appointed rabbi of Safed. Rabbi Baruch Reichman , son of Rabbi Moshe Aharon Migeza Tzvi, was a member of the beit din of the Kollel Ashkenazim in Safed and passed away in 1914. Encyclopedia L’Chachmei Galicia, section 4, column 935].
Condition: Fine, slight tears in the margins of three leaves, not affecting text.