Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib of Cracow
- Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib of Cracow
Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib (18th century) (Hebrew: זכריה מנדל בן אריה ליב) was a Polish Talmudist, native of Cracow, and in later life chief rabbi and head of the yeshibah at Belz, Galicia. He was the author of "Be'er Heṭeb" (alternatively, "Beer Haitiv"), a well-known commentary on the "Shulhan Aruk", "Yoreh De'ah", and "Ḥoshen Mishpaṭ" (first edition of the first part, Amsterdam, 1754; of the second, ib. 1764); the work is principally a compendium of the "Sifte Kohen" and "Ṭure Zahab."
Jewish Encyclopedia Bibliography
*Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, ii., s.v. Be'er Heṭeb;
*Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 318.
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