Sha’arei Tephilah [grammatical annotations on the prayer-book]

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Lot 136

KATZ, SOLOMON ZALMAN (HANAU)

Sha’arei Tephilah [grammatical annotations on the prayer-book]

Third Edition. With additional notes ff. (2); 46 (of 47), lacking f.47. Lightly browned, stained in places, paper marginal repairs to last two leaves. Contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, gently rubbed at extremities. Sm. 8vo Vinograd, Amsterdam 1914

Amsterdam: Leib Sussmans 1766

Est: $300 - $500

Born at Hanau, hence his last name, R. Solomon Zalman began to critisize the the ancient Hebrew grammarians from an early age. Hanau also criticized the daily prayer-book published by Elijah and Azriel Wilna, though it had received the approbation of the most prominent rabbis of that time. His comments insited much resentment and lead to a serize of polemical exchanges. His grammatical assertions in Sha'arei Tefillah were severely criticized by Jacob Emden in his Luach Erez and by Mordecai of Düsseldorf in Kuntras Hassagoth al Siddur Sha'are Tefillah and resulted in a bitter polemical exchange