Keraithi Uplaithi [on Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah]

EYBESCHEUTZ, JONATHAN.

n.p.

Altona

1763

FIRST EDITION . Signature of R. Mendel Zamst on title-page . Scholarly marginalia.

Vinograd, Altona 76

Two halachic works by Jonathan Eybeschuetz have secured his place as a master Talmudist: The Tumim on Choshen Mishpat and the Plaithi on Yoreh De’ah. The aspersions Jacob Emden cast upon Eybeschuetz’s reputation have made no dent in the esteem in which R. Jonathan is held in the Talmudic academies, this work is utilized by all aspiring Rabbinical candidates to this day. R. Mendel Zamst was the Rosh Beth Din of Frankfurt (d. 1815) during the time of R. Pinchas Horowitz. See M. Horovitz, Frankfurter Rabbinen (1972) Nispach II p. 28, no. 4810 and Nispach III p.46 (1815) for a copy of his tombstone and the entry in the Yizkor Book describing the Rabbi’s greatness and scholarshi