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First edition. [2], 49, 146, [4] ff., 330:205 mm., wide margins, usual age staining. A very good copy loose in contemporary boards, split and rubbed. |
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Novellae on various topics by R. Samuel Ben David Zevi Ehrenfeld (Hatan Sofer). The title page, set in a decorative frame, states that there are three crowns, that of Ateret ha-Bahurim, which is in two parts, the first primarily dealing with Hoshen Mishpat, the second with Yoreh De’ah; the crown of Hatanim, dealing with Niddah, Mikveh matters in Even Ezra; the third the crown of ba’alei battim, dealing with Orah Hayyim. This is part one of Ateret Bahurim. It states that more than 120 subjects and also deep Talmudic sugyot are addressed. The verso of the title page has approbations from R. Shimon Sofer (1820-83) and R. Solomon Ganzfried (1804-86), followed by an index of the contents, Beit Avot on R. Moses Sofer (Hatam Sofer, 1762-1839), R. Akiva Eger (1761-1837), R. Saul Ehrenfeld, and on his father R. David Ehrenfeld. There is a long introduction and then the text.
R. Samuel Ben David Zevi Ehrenfeld (1835–1883), Hungarian rabbi known from his works as the Hatan Sofer, (son-in-law of Sofer to indicate his connection by marriage with the famous R. Moses Sofer, and in assonance with the title of R. Sofer’s responsa Hatam Sofer. Actually it was his father who was the son-in-law of Moses Sofer). R. Ehrenfeld was born in Pressburg. He studied under his father and in the yeshivah of Pressburg under Abraham Sofer, his maternal uncle. At first he engaged in business, but when this failed he accepted the rabbinate of Betlen (now Beclean, Rumania) in 1866. In 1868 he became rabbi in Szikszo, because of the opportunities which a larger yeshivah there afforded him. In 1877 he moved to Mattersdorf where his grandfather and other members of this family had served before him. He was able to devote himself completely to the interests of the community and the large yeshivah there. He died at Kierling, where he had gone to recuperate after a long illness. As a teacher he was able to impart his own approach to Talmud and halakhah, based on the clear understanding of the talmudic text and its relevance to the ultimate halakhah.
His clarity and complete mastery of all branches of halakhah is evident in his published works: Ateret Bahurim, Hatan Sofer (only one part, 1874), on various topics, and Hatan Sofer on the Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim (one part 1878; 2 vols. 19632), both having long aggadic introductions. He printed the biography of his grandfather as well as other historical matter. Hatan Sofer was edited with an introduction by his son, Simhah Bunim Ehrenfeld, and contains a biography of his father. Misped Mar (1874) was his next work. A Passover Haggadah (1884) with his own commentary and that of his grandfather was edited by Rabbi Joseph Baumgarten (later rosh bet din of Vienna). |
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...עטרת הבחורים ... חלק ראשון רובו בענינים השייכים לחוה"מ ... בו יבוארו יותר ממאה ועשרים ענינים וגם סוגי' עמוקות כללים וביאורים בפלפול וסברא ובירור לכל דבר ממקורו מקרא ומש"ס וראשונים עד גדולי אחרוני אחרונים ... בראש הספר פתיחה
רחבה ספר בניות ברמה שבעה עמודים דברי אגדה מיוסדים על דרך המוסר והיראה ... סדרתי ולקטתי (שמואל עהרענפעלד) ... בזכות אבותי הקדושים ... זקני ... בעל חתם סופר זצלה"ה ... זקני ... רע"א [רבי עקיבא איגר] זצלה"ה ובזכות זקיניהם ...
למעלה למעלה כמה דורות ... זקני מהו' שמואל שאטין כהן בעל מחבר ס' כוס ישועות ונקרא בפי כל מהרשש"ך שהיה אב"ד במדינת דארמשטאדט ... זקני רע"א [רבי עקיבא איגר] בעל מחבר ס' משנת דרע"ק שהיה אב"ד בק"ק פ"ב [פרעסבורג] ... זקני מהו'
אברהם ברודא ז"ל בעל מחבר ס' אשל אברהם ...
דף [א-ד] מן הספירה הראשונה: בית אבות; סיפורים על ר' משה סופר בעל "חתם סופר", על רבי עקיבא איגר, על ר' שאול עהרענפעלד ועל אביו ר' דוד צבי.
בעמ' האחרון: בשם בני הבחור ... כ' שמחה בונם נ"י בסוגי' דריבית קציצה[!]. עם הסכמות ר' שמעון סופר, קראקא, ב שלח תרל"ד;
ר' שלמה גאנצפריד, אונגוואר, איסרו חג דשבועות תרל"ד.
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