"Ani Avdo Harotze La’asos Retzono" – Sefer Derech Mitzvosecha with the Signature of Hagaon Rabbi Dovid Zaltzer and His Brother from Munkatch
Sefer Derech Mitzvosecha by the gaon, author of Parshas Derachim, printed in Lemberg, 5618 [1858].
On the page before the title page is an inscription in the author’s handwriting:
"Chanani b’zeh hachonen Yisborach v’Yisbarech li, Ani Avdo Harotze La’asos Retzono, Hakatan Dovid b’R’ Michael Zaltzer HaKohen N”Y MiS.”H."
Following this, his brother writes:
"U’temuras sefer acher asher haya b’she’eila etzel achi N”Y, lakachti temurato sefer hanachmad v’hane’im hazeh. V’Hashem yigmor ba’adi lehagos bo b’divrei kodesh shel hamechaber ztuk”l v’zy”a. Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Naso, 11 Sivan 5654 [1894], Munkatch. Moshe Tzvi Zaltzer HaKohen."
Additionally, several other notes concerning Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Zaltzer were found in the sefer, dated 5651 [1891] and 5656 [1896].
Hagaon Rabbi Dovid Zaltzer zt”l
Hagaon Rabbi Dovid Zaltzer zt”l (5602–5668 [1842–1908]) was the author of Divrei Dovid, the son of Hagaon Rabbi Michael of Serdeheli and a grandson of Hagaon Rabbi Dovid Deutsch, author of Ohel Dovid.
He was a close disciple of his relative Hagaon Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt (Maharam Ash) of Ungvar, among others, and a son-in-law of Hagaon Rabbi Yosef Zalman Esterreicher, Raavad of Munkatch, a beloved talmid of the Chasam Sofer.
Rabbi Dovid Zaltzer was deeply connected to the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and, in his youth, was appointed as a dayan and later as the head of the beis din in Munkatch. He was renowned for his brilliant oratory, his profound Torah scholarship, and his exceptional piety and asceticism. He raised numerous distinguished talmidim and left a lasting impact on the Torah world.
