Everything about Yair Bacharach totally explained
Rabbi
Yair Chayim Bacharach (
1639,
Lipník nad Bečvou,
Moravia —
1702) was a German
rabbi, initially in
Koblenz and remainder of his life in
Worms and
Metz. His grandmother Chava was a granddaughter of the
Maharal of Prague, and his father and grandfather had served as rabbis of Metz.
He was the author of
Havvot Yair ("Villages of Yair") a collection of
responsa by the title of which is he commonly referred; its title is a reference to his grandmother Chava as well as to a place mentioned in Numbers 32:41 and elsewhere in the
Jewish Bible. Other work includes his
Mekor Chayim, which was intended as a principal commentary to
Shulkhan Arukh but was withdrawn by Bacharach when he discovered that other commentaries, notably the Taz and the Magen Avraham, had appeared. It is still regarded a prime source of material concerning
minhagim (customs) of the area and epoch.
Besides his
Halakhic expertise he'd complete mastery of all the
sciences,
music,
history and wrote
poetry. He compiled a 46 volume encyclopedia on many topics.
In
1689 the
Worms community was decimated by the French. Gradually, it was rebuilt. In
1699 he was appointed rabbi of
Worms where his father and grandfather had served before him. He served for only three years until his death in
1702. The inscription on his tombstone begins with the words, “A great and dark horror befalls us from the hiding of the light of Rabbeinu...”
In
1982 his major work,
Mekor Chaim, was finally published posthumously by
Mechon Yerushalayim.
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