Manuscript – novellae on laws of commerce, by Rabbi Meir Auerbach, author of Imrei Binah. [1835?].
These pages were written over the course of several periods. He writes that he orally presented the novellae to his father [author of the Divrei Chaim, who died in 1846]. Indeed, the handwriting is more characteristic to his handwriting in his youth (see comparison of handwriting from Sefer HaDrashot from before 1840). It does not resemble his handwriting in a dedication he wrote in one of his books in 1876 – see item 346.
These leaves probably belong to the portion of his writings which he was unable to publish in “Imrei Binah”. It belongs with Choshen Mishpat, but the Choshen Mishpat part of his book concludes with laws of collecting debts, and laws of acquisitions. He was unable to publish more.
Rabbi Meir Auerbach (1815-1878) was Rabbi of Kwall and Kalisch, and one of the great rabbis of his time. We was the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Auerbach, Rabbi of Lontshitz, author of the Divrei Chaim, and grandson of Rabbi Chaim Auerbach, Rabbi of Lontshitz, author of Divrei Mishpat. In 1859 he made aliya, and was the first rabbi to be officially appointed as chief rabbi of the Ashkenazi community. Aside from his well-known greatness in Torah and halacha, he was also a great kabalist and learned in the Beit El Yeshiva.
8 leaves, 10 written pages. 23 cm. High-quality paper, good condition, slight wear and stains on margins. Cloth binding.