Meorei Or - Be’er Sheva [novellae on Tracates Berachoth, Shabbath and Eiruvin]

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WORMS, AARON OF METZ.

Meorei Or - Be’er Sheva [novellae on Tracates Berachoth, Shabbath and Eiruvin]

With stamp of Yeshivath Chachmei Lublin and signature of R. Meir Shapiro. Partially printed on green tinted paper. ff. 146. Tear in margin of f 10. Contemporary vellum-backed boards. 4to Vinograd Metz 87(erroneous pagination)

(Metz): 1819

Est: $500 - $700

The author (1754-1836), was a student of the Sha’agath Aryeh and later served as a Dayan and Rabbi in Metz. He also served as a member of Napoleon’s Great Sanhedrin. His work Meorei Or was published annonymously, in eight parts between 1819 and 1831. The name”Aaron” appears as an acronym in the introduction, which itself contains several subtitles: Be’er Sheva, Ken Tahor, etc. See M. Catane, Harav Aaron Worms VeTalmido Elyakim Carmoly, in: Aresheth Vol. II, pp. 190-98.