(“The Ba’al Haphla’ah.”) Peirush ha-RITV"A ve-Tosphoth RI"D al Masecheth Kidushin
AUCTION 40 |
Thursday, June 26th,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 134
Horowitz, PinCHas
(“The Ba’al Haphla’ah.”) Peirush ha-RITV"A ve-Tosphoth RI"D al Masecheth Kidushin
Berlin: Baruch Buchbinder 1715
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
The highly respected scholar, Chassidic master and revered sage, Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz (1730-1805), known as the Ba'al Haphla'ah, was Rabbi of the Polish communities of Witkow and Lechwitz before accepting the call to serve as Rabbi of Frankfurt from 1771-1805. A disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch, a contemporary of R. Nathan Adler and teacher of the Chatham Sopher, Horowitz was one of the great scholars of his generation