Solomon Aaron Wertheimer

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Solomon Aaron Wertheimer, Hungarian rabbi and scholar; born at Bösing 18 November 1866. In 1871 he went with his parents to Jerusalem, where he was educated; and in 1890 he resided at Cairo, Egypt, where he collected ancient Jewish manuscripts. He is the author of the following works: Ebel Mosheh (1885), sermon delivered on the death of Sir Moses Montefiore; Ḥiddushe Rabbi Nissim (1888); Pirḳe Hekalot and 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; and 'Abodat Ḥaleb (1902), a commentary on the Jewish prayers. He died in 1935.