This edition is important for the large number of prominent rabbis who provided approbations and the list of supporters. They are, R. Zevi Hirsch ben Issachar Berish Rosanes, (1733–1804), R. Meir ben Zevi Hirsh Kristianpoller (1740–1815), R. Joseph Hoech Glarenter, R. Ephraim Zalman ben Menahem Mannes Margolioth, (1760–1828), R. Moses Beryn Blum, and R. Abraham Joshua Heschel of Apta (d. 1825). The approbations are followed by the introduction of R. Ephraim Zalman ben Naphtali Hertz of Brod, and then six pages, in three columns, listing the names alphabetically by place, of those who supported publication of this work. The list includes every contemporary Hassidic Rebbe of note and disciples of importance. There is a listing by subject of the contents and then the text, which is in two columns in square unvocallized letters.

R. Eliezer ben Samuel of Metz of the Ba’alei Tosafot (c. 1115-c. 1198) was a student of Rabbenu Tam, R. Samuel ben Meir (Rashbam), and R. Hayyim Kohen of Paris. Little is known of R. Eliezer’s personal life, except that his daughters died in his lifetime, leaving him feeling alone and solitary. He served as a gabbai tzedekah and professionally was a moneylender. Located in Metz, on the border of France and Germany, R. Eliezer was an intermediary between the Jewish communities of those lands, so that when scholars in the latter land wished to stress a teaching of Rabbenu Tam they said it in R. Eliezer’s name. It is R. Eliezer’s intent to emphasize the study of the commandments, both those applicable as well as those that can not currently be fulfilled. In addition to its halakhic content Sefer Yere'im also includes considerable ethical teachings.