Wertheimer, Shlomo Aharon (Solomon Aaron)

Birth Name Wertheimer, Shlomo Aharon (Solomon Aaron)
Birth Name ורטהיימר, שלמה אהרֹן
Name Shlomo
Gender male
Age at Death 68 years, 1 month, 16 days

Events

Type Date Place Description Notes
Birth November 16, 1866 Pezinok (Bazin), okres Pezinok, Bratislavský kraj, Slovensko    
Death 1935      
Emigration 1871 ירושלים ( ,(Jerusalem), מחוז ירושלים, ישראל Rabbi Wertheimer left Hungary with his parents to Jerusalem  
Emigration 1890 القاهرة (Cairo), مصر‎    
Occupation     Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer was a Hungarian rabbi and scholar
  1. Rabbi Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer authored: * "Ebel Mosheh" (1885), sermon delivered on the death of Sir Moses Montefiore * "Ḥiddushe Rabbi Nissim" (1888); "Pirḳe Hekalot" * "Ẓawwa'at Naftali" (1889) * "Darke shel Torah" (1891), guide to the theory of the Talmud and to the fundamental principles of the Halakah and Haggadah * "Ḥatam Sofer" (1891), Talmudic studies, with notes * "Batte Midrashot" (4 parts, 1893-97), a collection of short midrashim from 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 the "Sefer Ḥasidim" * "Ḳohelet Shelomoh" (1899), a collection of geonic responsa, with notes and introduction, and with Hebrew translations of the Arabic responsa * "'Abodat Ḥaleb" (1902), a commentary on the Jewish prayers

Narrative

In the early 1890's, Rabbi Shlomo Aharon Wertheimer, a Torah scholar, collector and researcher, living in Jerusalem, began publishing manuscripts that he had purchased from the Cairo Genizah with his identifications and explanations – among them rare and important texts. He also sold some of these manuscripts to collectors in order to finance the purchase of additional ones.
To some extent, he was one of the first to recognize the treasure trove that was the Cairo Genizah.

Source References

  1. Batei Midrashot
    1. Page: 2 volumes/940 pages
  2. Beyur Shemot HaNirdafim B'Tanach

Pedigree

  1. Wertheimer, Shlomo Aharon (Solomon Aaron)