Leḥem ha-panim

all notes by Chaim Meiselman: notes Running title: Leḥem ha-panim. This is a work based on the text of the Shulhan Arukh Yoreh De’ah, dealing with the Halakhic dietary laws. The content of the lines are mostly Pilpulistic and lengthy; some are elucidative and descriptive in nature. The author of the volume was Moses-Jekuthiel ha-kohen Kaufmann, a dayan (rabbinical judge) in Krotoschin (now Krotoszyn in the greater Kalisz area in central-west Poland) and later in Kutno in the greater Łódź area, also in Poland. He was the son-in-law of Abraham Abele Gombiner (1633-1683), author of ’Magen Avraham’. He wrote a number of Halakhic works. Haskamot of Joseph b. Menahem Steinhardt of Fürth, dated 1 Tevet 1765; Nathaniel Weill of Karlsruhe and the Baden-Durlach Margraviate, 1 Tamuz 1765. Added printer: Jakob Buchbinder of Wilhermsdorff, presiding in Fürth. references Friedberg, Beit Eked Sefarim, lamed 330 : 4.