Seder HaDorot HaShalem : Rabbi Yehiel Ben Shlomo Heilprin (2 vol. - Yarid HaSfarim Ed.)

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Seder HaDorot HaShalem : Rabbi Yehiel Ben Shlomo Heilprin ʂ vol. - Yarid HaSfarim Ed.)

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A comprehensive historical and biographical chronicle of the Jewish people by Rabbi Yechiel Shlomo Halperin (1660-1742) of Minsk.

He was a man of extraordinary knowledge of the Talmud, of the whole Talmudic literature, and of the Kabbalah, which is evident from his works. Rabbenu HaChida, in his celebrated biographical and bibliographical work, Shem Hagedolim, praises Rabbi Yehiel Heilprin, the Chief Rabbi of Minsk, in glowing terms: "...in the section of the Tannaim and Amoraim [of Seder Hadorot], the author displays his knowledge of the Talmud and extraordinary erudition, for no secret escapes him... One who is familiar with [this work] will recognize that the Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashim have been so mastered by him as if they were in his pocket. His long and tremendous introduction, and the Talmudical glosses following it, and the section of Tannaim and Amoraim, are wonderfully impressive...

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