Fraudulent volumes of Talmud Yerushalmi that caused a great dispute at that time.With commentary ‘Cheshek Shlomo’ by the deceitful Shlomo Friedlander. First edition. S. Varhal (Seini) 1906-1909. Rare. With approbations of Rabbi Aryeh Leibish Horoviz the ‘Harei Basamim’, Rabbi Yehuda Greenwald of Satmar, the Maharsham of Berezhany and more.
*Tractate Chulin and Bechorot, on the general cover page, and on the Cover page of Tractate Chulin: 1907. On the cover page of Tractate Bechorot: (1906) ו’ת’ס’ר’ את בגדי אלמנותה.
31 cm. [9], 78, [1], 47 pages.
Few stains, individual moth holes, several pages in Tractate Bechorot binded in reverse. General condition very good.
*Tractate Zevachim and Eirechin: 33 cm. [8], 100 pages. Few stains. Very good condition.
Background: Talmud Yerushalmi on Seder Kadshim was lost during the time of the Early Authorities and was never printed. At the beginning of the 20th century, Shlomo Friedlander (who also adopted a false identity as a descendant of the Sephardic Algazi family) copied, with much talent, all the quotes from the Yerushalmi Kadshim brought in the books by the Early Authorities together with quotes from the Yerushalmi in other sedarim, and he publicized that he found an ancient manuscript of the lost Yerushalmi.
This fraud was initially accepted by most rabbis and scholars, such as the Maharsha"m, who even wrote glosses on the book which were publicized in all its parts. On the other hand, there were others who were very sharp-eyed, such as the holy Imrei Emes of Gur, Rabbi Aryeh Leib Ritter rabbi of Rotterdam, the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Rosen of Rogachov, the gaon Rabbi Meir Simcha the Ohr Sameach of Dvinsk and the Kli Chemdah, who revealed the fraud and publicized it.
Slowly the Rabbanim and scholars began to doubt the reliability of this Seder. Friedlander was upset about his honor and his livelihood published pamphlets in alias names called ‘חרב נוקמת’ in which he dared his face in a brazen manner against the holy ‘Kli Chemdah’ Rabbi Meir Dan Plotzki who authored a pamphlet ‘שאלו שלום ירושלים’ in which he wrote claiming his doubts on Friedlander. Later it was revealed that he is a known scoundrel, that he was already caught several times in the past and that his name is not even Friendlander.
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