Sepher Sephath Emeth

A disciple of R. Shimshon Meisels of Zolkiew and R. Yitzchak of Belz, the author (d. 1799) was a celebrated traveling Maggid who was highly praised by the Chozeh of Lublin. Renown for his other Biblical commentaries Shevet MeYisrael (1772) and Agudath Eizov (1782), the Kremnitzer Maggid’s works are widely cited, including by the Malbim, the Chasam Sofer and especially by R. Moshe Teitelbaum in his Yismach Moshe (see introduction to Shevet MeYisrael (2011) pp. 5-6 and 27-8). The printer, Shlomo Yarish Rappaport, also produced in this year of publication, 1788, the first edition of the celebrated Noam Elimelech. It has been suggested that a typesetter of his was one of the 36 hidden Tzadikim.