“The Tiphereth Yisrael”). Bacharach, Yair Chaim. Chavoth Yair [responsa]

(LIPSCHÜTZ, ISRAEL

Johannes Jost

Frankfurt a/Main

1699

First printed edition. The "Tiphereth Yisrael," R. Israel Lipschutz copy. Containing over 20 marginal notes in his hand, one note on f. 55b signed "Yisrael." With inscription inside front cover signed by his son R. Moshe Mordechai, stating that the book belonged to his father "the crown and splendour of Israel." Further signatures and inscriptions from various former owners including a lengthy geneology of Yehuda Leib Morgenstern showing his relationship to the author

Vinograd, Frankfurt am Main 152

Rabbi Israel Lipschütz (1782-1860) is famous for his popular commentary to the Mishnah, Tiphereth Yisrael, which is included in most standard editions. In his marginal notes in this volume, he sometimes disagrees with the author - e.g. in responsa no. 138, (f.125), the author objects to the custom of transporting objects on particular public streets in the towns of Frankfurt, Hanau, Metz, Koblentz, Mannheim, Heidelberg etc. The marginal note states "in my opinion, "Hanach lahem le-Yisrael"(Leave Israel in peace), for they rely on..." The Tiphereth Yisrael cites scholarly comments in the name of this son, R. Moshe Mordechai, in Tractate Nedarim, Chap. IV, Mishna 3, in the section "Boaz." Yair Chaim Bacharach (1638-1702), was an outstanding German scholar with an extensive knowledge of the sciences and kabbalah. He is known for his systematic approach to Talmudic literature and Halacha based on his exhaustive knowledge of all branches of Jewish scholarship. For an extensive treatment of the life and works of R. Yair Chaim Bacharach, see: David Kaufman, R. Jair Hayyim Bacharach und seine Ahnem (Treves, 1894). An English version appears in JQR, Vol. III (1891) pp. 292-313, 485-536. See also S. Weiner, Daath Kedoshim (1896) p. 21