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Novellae on the Maharsha (R. Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-Levi Edels, 1555-1631) by R. Solomon ben Samuel of Gritse and R. Isaac Itzik ben Samuel Heilperin of Varanik. The title page describes Horat Sha’ah as being on questions and difficulties raised on the Hiddushei Halakhot and and Hiddushei Aggadot of the Maharsha by two men. The title page, which has a border of florets and a decorative floral device in the center of the page, is dated with the verse, “you shall meditate on it day and night” (Joshua 1:8). There are approbations from R. David ben Samuel, R. Samuel Dov Baer ben Menahem Mendel, and R. Judah ben Zevi Hirsch. There is an introduction from the authors, followed by the text, which is in two columns in rabbinic letters.
Maharsha’s analysis of the talmudic text, encompassing both Rashi and Tosafot, is concise, sharp, and profound. Many later talmudists have strugged to comprehend his explanations. Hiddushei Halakhot and Hiddushei Aggadot are two distinct works, now combined and printed with almost every Talmud and considered essential in its study. It has been suggested that Maharsha had to have had Divine inspiration, for it would have otherwise been impossible for a man to have written such a work.
Horat Sha’ah is only one of four books to have been printed in Boguslav, a city in Kiev province (oblast), Ukraine. Jews were living in Boguslav from the beginning of the 17th century and an imposing synagogue was built there soon after the community was founded. The Jews in Boguslav suffered during the 1648-49 revolts in the area. During the uprising of 1768 they fled from the city; their homes were destroyed and their property looted. Although 574 Jewish poll-tax payers in Boguslav are recorded in 1765, only 251 remained after 1768. The community developed after Boguslav became part of Russia in 1793. A Hebrew printing press was established there in 1820–21, and Jewish-owned enterprises included textile and tanning factories. Jews also engaged in handicrafts and dealt in grain and fruit. The Jewish population numbered 5,294 in 1847 and 7,445 in 1897 (65% of the total). The community in Boguslav was annihilated after the Nazi occupation of the Ukraine in 1941. |
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... הובא לבית הדפו' ע"י ... ר' יוסף נ"י (בהרבני ... כמה' בן ציון זלה"ה ושותפו) מוה' יעקב משה בהרבני ... ר' שלמה נ"י ... בשנת ו'ה'ג'י'ת' ב'ו י'ומ'ם' ול'י'ל'ה
על-פי ברלין תקכ"ה, עם ההסכמה הראשונה והשלישית.
נייר כחלחל. הסכמות חדשות: ר' דוד ב"ר שמואל ור' שמואל דובער ב"ר מנחם מענדיל, (בהאסלב), כא כסליו תק"ף;
ר' יהודה ב"ר צבי הירש, דיינא וספרא דק"ק אסטרהא, כו כסליו תק"ף. |
