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Responsa by R. Eliezer Hayyim ben Abraham Deutsch, a leader of Hungarian Orthodoxy and, from 1867, rabbi of Hunfalu, and, from 1897, of the important community of Bonyhad, where he founded and headed a large yeshivah. The title page is followed by an index and R. Deutsch’s introduction. The responsa cover all four parts of the Shulhan Arukh. The second part of the volume, entitled Tachelet Mordecai, novellae.
R. Eliezer Hayyim ben Abraham Deutsch (1850–1916) was a Hungarian talmudist and author. He was born in Petra, near Kaschaua and studied under. Menahem Eisenstadt of Ungvar, Judah Aszod, and R. Solomon Ganzfried. R. Deutsch was a supporter of the Moriah association for the advancement of Orthodox Judaism, founded in 1905 by Meir Lerner in Altona. A prolific writer, his books, in addition to Peri ha-Sadeh, are Tevu'ot ha-Sadeh in six parts (1892–1904), novellae on talmudic themes with responsa appended to each part; Helkat ha-Sadeh (1901), glosses and notes on the Ara de-Rabbanan of Israel Jacob Algazi; Si'ah ha-Sadeh (1914), aggadic novellae on the Torah and for festivals. Published posthumously are: Zemah ha-Sadeh (1917), novellae and responsa on the problems of agunot; and Duda'ei ha-Sadeh (1929, published by his son, Moses), responsa and a selection of rulings with respect to the laws of mourning. In the Yizrah Or of David Meldola, there is an appendix by R. Deutsch, Omer ha-Sadeh, that comprises the laws for determining the New Moon. Halakhic queries were addressed to R. Deutsch from many parts of the world. |
