Aryeh Leib Epstein
Aryeh Löb ben Mordecai Ha-Levi Epstein(Ba'al ha-Pardes) (1708 – June 26, 1775) was aPolishrabbiborn inGrodno.At first he refused to become a rabbi, preferring to devote himself entirely to study, but in 1739 he was forced by poverty to accept the rabbinate ofBrestovech,Lithuania,and in 1745 he became rabbi ofKönigsberg,where he remained until his death. He corresponded withElijah, Gaon of Vilna,and withJonathan Eybeschütz,with whom he sided in the quarrel about amulets (seeEmden-Eybeschütz Controversy).
He is the author ofOr ha-Shanim,on the613 commandments(Frankfurt-on-the-Oder,1754),Halakah AḥaronahandḲunṭres ha-Ra'yot(ib. 1754; Königsberg, 1759),Sefer ha-Pardes,in three parts: (1) on theShemaand the observance ofShabbat,(2) sermons, (3) funeral orations (ib. 1759). Several otherKabbalisticandhalachicworks from his pen are mentioned in his own works or by his biographer. A prayer which he composed on the occasion of the dedication of a new synagogue in Königsberg (ib. 1756) is found in theBodleian Library.Annotations by him and by his sonAbraham Meïr Epsteinare published in some of the later editions of theBabylonian Talmud.He is called "Levin Marcus"inSolowicz'sGesch. der Juden in Königsberg,Posen, 1857.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
[edit]- Epstein,Geburot Ari,Warsaw,1870;
- Joseph Zedner,Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus.p. 241;
- Friedenstein,Ir Gibborim,pp. 44, 47, Vilna, 1880;
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