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Or Chadash, Part II, with the approbation of Rebbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg. First Edition, Frankfurt an der Oder, 1776. - Sefer Or Chadash, Part II, novellae on Tractate Pesachim, by the eminent Rabbi Elazar (son of Rabbi Elazar), Av Beit Din of Rechnitz. First Edition. Frankfurt an der Oder, 1776. With numerous approbations from the leading Torah sages of the generation, including the Noda BiYehuda of Prague, Rabbi Shaul of Amsterdam, Rabbi Shmuel ShmelkeHaLevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg, and other distinguished rabbinic authorities. Also includes introductions by the author's brother-in-law and son-in-law. [4], 119 leaves. 31.5 cm. The Gaon Rabbi Elazar Kallir (1738–November 1801) was one of the foremost Torah scholars of his generation. He served as Av Beit Din and Rosh Yeshiva in Zabłudów, Rechnitz (1768–1781), and Kolín (1781–1801). In every community where he served, he also headed a yeshiva that produced numerous distinguished disciples, many of whom became leading halachic authorities. He maintained an extensive correspondence with the author of the Noda BiYehuda, and dozens of responsa published in Noda BiYehuda were addressed to him. The Noda BiYehuda held him in extraordinarily high esteem despite Rabbi Elazar being several decades his junior. In one responsum he refers to him as: ”The illustrious and outstanding gaon, a master whose opinions carry independent authority, the lamp of Israel, the mighty hammer, the right pillar—his holy honor.” In his approbation to the present work, Or Chadash on Pesachim, the Noda BiYehuda writes that Rabbi Elazar's novellae are ”worthy of one of the Rishonim”—an exceptionally rare and exalted commendation. Rabbi Baruch Jeitteles of Prague, in the introduction to his work Ta'am HaMelech, describes Rabbi Elazar's standing in Central Europe following the passing of Rabbi Yechezkel Landau: ”After the passing of the gaon, the Noda BiYehuda, Rabbi Elazar, author of the Or Chadash works, became the foremost authority of Israel, the one remaining in our lands upon whom our eyes were fixed; and to many of the scholars of Prague he was regarded as the mara d'atra, whose light illuminated us.” Rabbi Elazar was the author of the following works: Or Chadash on the Torah (Fürth, 1766) Or Chadash on Tractate Pesachim (Frankfurt an der Oder, 1776) Or Chadash on Tractate Kiddushin (Vienna, 1809) Chavat Ya'ir HeChadash (Prague, 1792) She'elot u-Teshuvot Cheker Halachah (Vienna, 1838, published posthumously).