Vikuach Mayim Chaim by the Mahara"l's Brother. Rare Copy. debate and dispute about the words of Rabbi Moshe ...

Vikuach Mayim Chaim by the Mahara"l's Brother. Rare Copy. debate and dispute about the words of Rabbi Moshe Isserlis - the Ram"a -

Vikuach Mayim Chaim by the Mahara"l's Brother. Rare Copy. 

Vikuach Mayim Chaim is a debate and dispute about the words of Rabbi Moshe Isserlis - the Ram"a - in his work Torat Chatat about the laws of issur v'hetter, by the wondrous gaon and Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim bar Betzalel, elder brother of the Mahara"l of Prague. First edition. Amsterdam, 1712.

The author lived in the Rama's time and in this work he vehemently argues with the latter's methods regarding dozens of the Ram"a's rulings - and even expresses reservations regarding the Ram"a's work itself! The book bears important approbations. The Chacham Tzvi's approbation maintains that the printing of this work brings spiritual satisfaction to the author's soul. There is also a lengthy and interesting approbation by Rabbi Moshe Chagiz of Jerusalem, who writes about the book's contents and the rules of its determinations.

The G-dly Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim b'Rabbi Betzalel [c. 1630-1688] was one of the leading sages of his generation, av beit din of Worms and of Friedberg. He was the Mahara"l of Prague's elder brother. He studied in his youth with Rabbi Yitzchak HaSepharadi and later studied in Lublin under the Maharsha"l and Rabbi Shalom Shachna, where he studied together with the Ram"a - yet this did not stop him from (fiercely) disputing the latter in this book.

The Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim is considered sacred among both Chassidic communities and those opposed to Chassidism, and his books have been printed many times with the support of Chassidic leaders. The Admo"r Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel, author of Ohev Yisrael of Apta, wrote of him: "All his words were written with spiritual inspiration!" Likewise, "An appropriate commentary can be found in Sefer HaChaim by the Mahara"l's brother" is inscribed in the Vilna editions of the Talmud, at the end of each of the tractates.