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Eulogy for R. Judah Segal Landau delivered by R. Abraham Benjamin ben Solomon Kluger. The eulogy was delivered on Tuesday, 16 Shevat 664 (February 2, 1904) and was brought to press by R. Abraham Aeurbach, a relative of R. Landau. There is a preface to the eulogy, also by R. Kluger, and then the text. R. Kluger begins with a quote from Yalkut Mishlei, a verse from I Samuel and then gives a learned discourse appropriate to the occasion.
R. Abraham Benjamin ben Solomon Kluger (1841-1915) was the son of R. Solomon ben Judah Aaron Kluger (Maharshak, 1785–1869), the renowned talmudist and halakhist, who became known as the Maggid of Brody.The elder R. Kluger received his early education from his father, the rabbi of Komarov, who died during R. Kluger’s boyhood. At 13 he went to Zamosc where he studied under R. Mordecai Reuben and R. Jacob Kranz , the famous maggid of Dubno. R. Kluger soon became known as an illui ("prodigy"). For a time he lived in Rava where he became a shopkeeper, but failed. He was then prevailed upon to accept the post of rabbi at Kolki; from there he went to Josefov and in 1820 to Brody, where he remained for about 50 years. R. Kluger had a great reputation which still endures. A prolific writer, he wrote hundreds of responsa. He is said to have written 375 books, the numerical equivalent of his name Solomon; the list of his known works comprises no less then 174, of which 15 were published during his life and 15 posthumously.
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