R. David b. Aryeh Leib of Lida (c. 1650–1696), rabbi and author; nephew of R. Moses b. Zevi Naphtali Rivkes. He studied under R. Joshua Hoeschel b. Jacob of Cracow, and in 1671 was called to the rabbinate in Lida. Subsequently he officiated as rabbi of Ostrog, Mainz (1677), and of the Ashkenazi community of Amsterdam (1681). There he was accused of Shabbatean leanings as well as of literary plagiarism in connection with his Migdal David, a commentary on the Book of Ruth (1680) which some ascribed to R. Hayyim b. Abraham ha-Kohen. After being dismissed from his position, David returned to Poland, where he presented his case to the Council of the Four Lands and aired it in a pamphlet entitled Be'er Esek ("Well of Contention," 1684). The Polish rabbinate vindicated him and demanded his reinstatement. On his return to Amsterdam, however, his case was raised again, this time by the Sephardi rabbis, who subsequently likewise vindicated him. He returned to Poland shortly thereafter and died in Lvov. He was the author of numerous homiletic and kabbalistic works, including Sod Adonai (1680), on circumcision; Shomer Shabbat (1687), on the Shabbat and Ir Miklat (1690), on the 613 commandments. A collection of 14 of his compositions was published under the title Yad Kol Bo in 1727. Another work on the Shulhan Arukh Orah Hayyim remains in manuscript.

דף ד: הקדמות מאת בן המחבר ר' פתחיה ומאת בנו ר' דוד. ר' פתחיה מספר גם על "הקורות ... בק"ק לבוב" עיר מולדתו "ביום אשר גבר האויב ותבקע העיר", במלחמת תורכיה-פולין שלאחריה נחתם בשנת 1672 שלום בוטשאטש. דף צח-קז: "בית החכמה ... מפתח סוגר וכולל" אל הדרושים העוסקים בפסוקי התורה. מסודר לפי סדר הפרשיות. הוספות ר' פתחיה הוכנסו בפנים הספר על-ידי המחבר עצמו. המחבר כותב על כך בהקדמתו להוצאה זו, שהועתקה בשינויים ובתוספות מן ההוצאה הראשונה.