Maseches Nida and Mishnayos Taharos, Slavita 1812 – Hagaos of the Holy Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller
Maseches Nida and the Mishnayos of the order of Tohoros, printed in Slavita 1812.
Throughout the sefer, one finds the haggos (marginal notes) of the holy Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller of Tzfas zt”l, in which his great genius and incredible mastery of many seforim is evident. On the title page of the sefer, he listed the main seforim of the acharonim that deal with this mesechta –
which was never printed.
The Heilige Gaon, Rav Shmuel Heller (1803–1884), was one of the great chassidic figures who shaped Yiddishkeit in Eretz Yisroel. In his youth, he had the zechus to bask in the presence of the Chozeh of Lublin, who is said to have foretold his entire future in just twenty-four words.
Orphaned at a young age, he traveled to Eretz Yisroel, where he formed a deep bond with the heilige Rav Avrohom Dov of Avritch, the Bas Ayin. After the Bas Ayin’s passing in 1840, Rav Shmuel assumed leadership of the Jewish community in Tzfas.
Among his seforim: Derech Nesher, Divrei Mishpat, Derech Nesher (a different work by the same title), Kavod Melachim, and Refuos U’Segulos.
