Responsa of Rabbi Akiva Eiger Av Beis Din of Posen. First Edition. Long glosses by the Gaon of Kutno Rabbi ...

Responsa of Rabbi Akiva Eiger Av Beis Din of Posen. First Edition. Long glosses by the Gaon of Kutno Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Zylberberg

“The Responsa of Rabbi Akiva Eiger overflows with ruach hakodesh.”

(Avnei Nezer, Me’oran shel Yisrael Vol. 2 p. 376)

The Responsa of Rabbi Akiva Eiger is one of the fundamental halachic works from the period of the Achronim.

the noted Gaon of Kutno, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Zylberberg (1798-1865) author of Zayit Raanan and Tiferet Yerushalayim. A prominent Torah leader of the generation in Poland, he served as rabbi of various Polish cities, notably of Kutno, by which he was known for posterity. He immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1857, and was one of the leading rabbis in Jerusalem. While still in Poland he edified many disciples, and many Polish rabbis and rebbes were his students. In Jerusalem, he devoted his entire day to Torah study, bedecked in Tallit and Tefillin. The exceptional Talmudic lectures he delivered in his home were attended by many of Jerusalem's students. The Gaon of Kutno would deliver two lectures daily: one in the morning, on the Talmud with the Rashi and Tosafot commentaries, and one in the evening on halachic literature. He was recognized as one of the foremost Torah scholars in the city, and earned the title of Mara D'Ara DeYisrael (Rabbi of Eretz Israel), as he led the city together with Rabbi Shmuel Salant and Rabbi Meir Auerbach the Imrei Bina, who had immigrated from Kalisch three years after him.

Among his grandsons is the Mashpia Rabbi Tzvi Meir Zylberberg.

Warsaw, 1834. First edition. Missing Second Title page

[1], 222 leaves. Page size: 32 cm.

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