Solomon ben Moses of Chelm

Solomon ben Moses of Chelm[1][2] (also known as Shlomo of Chelm or Shlomo Chelma) (1715/16–1781) was a rabbinical scholar, best known for his multi-volume Mirkeves Hamishneh,[3] part of which was published posthumously.[1] He participated in the 1742, 1751 and 1753 rulings of The Council of Four Lands.

Mikevet HaMishneh, Shlomo Chelma's multi-volume commentary on the Rambam's Mishneh Torah

Early life

He was "regarded as a prodigy" and had the benefits of his birth to "wealthy parents from well-known families" including that in 742 "before he had turned 25" becoming the chief rabbi of Chelm and the surrounding area.[1] During his early married years he had been supported by his father-in-law, Moses Parnes.[4]

Mirkevet HaMishneh

The first volume of the manuscript, which was only partially published in the author's lifetime, came out in 1751.[2]

Other works

Another work was named Chug HaAretz, completed 1781.[5][6] was not published until 1988.[7] Two volumes of his ten volume overview of Shulchan Aruch were published in his lifetime.[4]

Get of Cleves

For taking sides in the Get of Cleves, a controversy involving many of Eastern Europe's rabbis of that time, his secular knowledge, including knowing several non-Jewish languages,[1][7][2] was turned against him, and the other side called him "a frequenter of concerts and chess-player [and] other choice epithets."[8]

References
  1. "Khelm, Shelomoh ben Mosheh". YIVO Encyclopedia.
  2. Wilhelm Bacher; M. Seligsohn. "SOLOMON BEN MOSES CHELM". Jewish Encyclopedia.
  3. "This Day in History – 21 Tammuz/July 27 (2016)". Hamodia. July 26, 2016.
  4. Encyclopaedia Judaica. 5. pp. 373–374.
  5. by Rabbi Yechiel Spero (2004). Touched by a Story(2). Artscroll. pp. 299–300. ISBN 1-57819-996-4.
  6. "Allotments of the Tribes: Rabbi Shlomo of Chelm, c. 1780". National Library of Israel (nli.org.il).
  7. Rehav Rubin (2008). "Hug ha-ares by Rabbi Solomon of Chelm: An Early Geographical Treatise and Its Sources". JSTOR.
  8. "Keruz Lema'an Da'ath".

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Solomon ben Moses Chelm". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

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