Abraham David Wahrman


Abraham David Wahrman of Buchach, was a Galician Talmudist.

Biography

He began studying Talmud as a boy. When he was ten years old, Zvi Hirsch Karo, the author of Neta' Sha'ashu'im, chose him as a son-in-law. At the age of twenty, he became the rabbi at Yazlovets.
In the Jewish Encyclopedia, Louis Ginzberg and A. Pelginsky dramatically recount his encounter with Hasidism:
In 1813 he succeeded his late father-in-law as rabbi of Buchach, and remained in office until his death.

Works

Buczacz is the author of the following works:
  1. Da'at Kedoshim, to the Shulchan Aruch, ''Yoreh De'ah, Lemberg, 1870; 2d ed., ib. 1879;
  2. Dibre Abot, commentary on Pirkei Avoth, ib. 1879;
  3. Eshel Avraham, annotations to the Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim, ib. 1885;
  4. Ezer MiKodesh, annotations to the Shulchan Aruch, Even HaEzer
  5. Birkat David, cabalistic-haggadic commentary on Genesis, Zolkiev ;
  6. Machazeh Abraham, commentary on the Pentateuch, and Chozeh David, on the other Biblical books, Lemberg, 1871;
  7. Amarot Tehorot, on the purification of Niddah and vessels, in Yiddish, ib. 1878;
  8. Tefillah le-David, on benediction and prayer, ib. 1886; Kolomea, 1887;
  9. Tehillah le-David,'' on the Psalms, ib. 1872.