Solomon Aaron Wertheimer
RabbiSolomon Aaron Wertheimer(November 18, 1866 – 1935), was aHungarianrabbi,scholar, and seller of rare books.
Life
[edit]He was born inBösingin 1866. In 1871 he went with his parents toJerusalem,where he was educated. By 1890, he was residing inCairo,Egypt,where he made a living as a rare bookseller and a collector and seller ofCairo Genizahdocuments. According toArabistS.D. Goitein,he also published papers on them, but "in a somewhat unscientific way."[1]For five years starting in 1893, he tried to sell theBritish LibraryGeniza documents for pennies on the dollar, but many were declined.[2]
He is best known for his midrashic scholarship, his work is one of the two standard midrash compilations from the period (the other isAdolph Jellinek'sBet Ha-Midrasch).
He died in Jerusalem in 1935.[2]
Publications
[edit]- Ebel Mosheh(1885),sermondelivered on the death of SirMoses Montefiore
- Ḥiddushe Rabbi Nissim(1888)
- Pirḳe HekalotandẒawwa'at Naftali(1889)
- Darke shelTorah(1891), guide to the theory of theTalmudand to the fundamental principles of theHalakahandHaggadah
- Ḥatam Sofer(1891), Talmudic studies, with notes;Batte Midrashot(4 parts, 1893–97), a collection of shortmidrashimfrom manuscripts, with glosses, notes, and introduction
- Ginze Yerushalayim(3 parts, 1896–1902), a collection of scientific, literary, and poetic treatises, from rare manuscripts, with notes and introduction
- Midrash Ḥaserot wi-Yeterot(1898), from the Parma manuscript, collated with three Egyptian manuscripts
- Leshon Ḥasidim(1898), notes and introduction to theSefer Ḥasidim
- Ḳohelet Shelomoh(1899), a collection ofgeonicresponsa,with notes and introduction, and with Hebrew translations of the Arabicresponsa
- 'Abodat Ḥaleb(1902), a commentary on the Jewish prayers; andLeket Midrashim(1903).
- פירוש נביאים וכתובים לרבינו ישעיהו הראשון מטראני, the first printed edition ofIsaiah di Trani the Younger's commentary toHebrew Bible#Nach(1956).
Today, his midrashim are normally printed in a combined two volume set edited by his grandson A. J. Wertheimer. Also entitledBatei Midrashot(Jerusalem: 1967), the work brings together midrashim fromBatei MidrashotandLeket Midrashwith notes and commentary.
References
[edit]- ^Goitein, S.D.A Mediterranean Society: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza. Vol. I: Economic Foundations.University of California Press, 1999, p. 2
- ^abReif, Stefan C.A Jewish Archive from Old Cairo: The History of Cambridge University's Genizah Collection.Culture and civilisation in the Middle East. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2000, p. 71google books preview
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Singer, Isidore;et al., eds. (1901–1906).The Jewish Encyclopedia.New York: Funk & Wagnalls.{{cite encyclopedia}}:Missing or empty|title=(help)
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