Yaakov Lorberbaum

Lorberbaum was the great-grandson of Tzvi Ashkenazi. Another legend is that at his naming ceremony, his father was preoccupied with his study and thought they asked for his name. He studied under Meshullam Egra. He was widely respected as a posek and is one of three authorities on whom Shlomo Ganzfried based his rulings in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, the well-known précis of Halakha. Similarly, the Hokhmat Adam of Avraham Danzig was written in consultation with Lorberbaum and Chaim of Volozhin. His status was such that it is reported that Eiger once fainted when he was honored with an Aliyah in place of Jacob. (See Shimusha Shel Torah, Meir Tzvi Bergman). Lorberbaum died in Stryi, then in Galicia, on 25 May 1832. ==Works==

Reb Yaakov wrote many works of Torah on Talmud and on Halacha (Jewish law). • Works on Talmud include: • Toras Gittin, commentary on Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer, 119-155, and chiddushim on the Talmudic treatise Gittin (Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 1813; Warsaw, 1815) • Beis Yaakov, commentary on Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer, 66-118, and on the Talmudic tractate Ketubot (Grubeschow, 1823) • ''Emes L'Yaakov'' (on aggadah) • He also published his late father's works on the Talmud, including his famous novellae to Tractate Keritot • Works of Halacha include: • Chavas Daas, commentary on Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah, 69-201; the earlier sections of Yoreh Deah (1-68) are very briefly dealt with in the form of an introduction to the work (Lemberg, 1799; Dyhernfurth, 1810, and often since in editions of the Yoreh Deah, as the Vilna 1894 ed.). In it the works of earlier commentators are discussed and somewhat pilpulistically developed. • Mekor chayim, commentary on Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim, 429 and following, with notes on the commentaries Turei Zahav and Magen Avraham; the second part contains chiddushim on Keritot (Zolkiev, 1807; Frankfort-on-the-Oder, 1813; Warsaw, 1825; Dyhernfurth, 1827) • Nesivos HaMishpat on Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat, in two parts (Dyhernfurth, Lemberg; Zolkiev, 1809, 1816; Sudilkov, 1830; and often since in Lemberg editions of Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpaṭ). It is said that Nesivos HaMishpat was made famous by the strong attacks in it against the Ketzos HaChoshen of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Heller. • Kehillas Yaakov, a collection of discussions and notes on several legal points in the Even HaEzer and Orach Chayim • Derech Chaim on Orach Chayim (Zolkiev, 1828; Altona, 1831). This compendium is very popular and was frequently reprinted in the larger Hebrew prayer-books. These dinim are taken either from later exponents of the Law as contained in the works Turei Zahav, Magen Abraham, Pri Megadim, etc., or from his own decisions. The sources from which he borrowed are usually indicated. • Other works by Rabbi Lorberbaum include: • Imrei Yosher, commentary on the Five Megillot (ib. 1815 and 1819). Naphtali Z. Chachamowicz after his death, comprising sermons on the Torah Portion, halachic decisions, responsa, and his last will. In this famous ethical will he asked that his sons devote time every day to learn at least one page of Gemara. Commemoration • A street in Modi'in Illit is named after his book Nesivos HaMishpat, and a street in Kfar Hassidim is named after him. == References ==