(Minchath, Aaron) on Sepher. Ha’aruch MeHaSha”ch [super-commentary to the Sha”ch on laws of blemished animals, with copies of halachic rulings by the author].

AARON BEN MOSHE OF SCHWABACH.

Schwabach

Mid-18th century

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Aschkenazic hand on paper.

Autograph manuscript of a important super commentary to Hilchoth Tereifoth by the Sha”ch (Yoreh De’ah 29-36) (published, Berlin 1767). With: Collection of UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH copies of letters, responsa and halachic rulings composed by the author between the years 1772-81. Includes much historical detail regarding the social and communal affairs of the city and community of Shwabach, Bavaria, including a list of all the kosher ritual slaughterers. R. Aaron (d. 1781), publisher of the the classic “Ha’aruch MeHasha’ch” with his comments served as chief rabbi of Schwabach, a city celebrated for its yeshiva that produced scholars of renown such as R. Joseph Steinhardt and R. Bezalel Ranschburg. He was the grandson of the Shach.