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Solomon ben Judah Aaron Kluger(1785–June 9, 1869) (Hebrew:שלמה בן יהודה אהרן קלוגר), known as theMaggid of Brody, was chiefdayyanand preacher ofBrody,Galicia. He was successively Rabbi atRava-Ruska(Galicia),Kulikow(Galicia), andJózefów(Lublin), preacher at Brody, and Rabbi atBrezany(Galicia) and, again, at Brody (where he held the offices of Dayan and preacher for more than fifty years). He died at Brody on June 9, 1869.[1]

Contents

1Biography
2Rabbinic career
3Published works
4Students
5References
6External links

Biography[edit]

Shlomo Kluger was born in Komarow, in what is nowChervonohrad Raion,Ukraine.

Rabbinic career[edit]

As one of the leading rabbinic authorities of his day, Kluger issued rulings on many complex halachic questions. One of his most notable decisions was that not only did machine madematzonot meet the halachic requirements necessary to properly fulfill the requirement of eating matzo onPesach, but that it very possibly had the status of leavened bread, consumption of which is strictly prohibited on Pesach.[2][3]RabbiYosef Shaul Nathansonpublished a strongly worded rebuttal to the points Kluger had raised, and argued that on the contrary, machine made matzo was superior in all respects to the hand made version.[3]The issue evolved into a significant controversy, many points of which are still debated today.[4][5]Kluger, in the course of his research into the subject, came to the conclusion that he had received a somewhat inaccurate description of the technical operational details of the machines, and modified his position accordingly.

Kluger was well known for his fierce opposition to thehaskalahmovement, and his firm adherence to tradition. In his responsa, Kluger discusses an incident where a group gathered to study the controversial works ofMoses Mendelssohn. A quarrel erupted, and Mendelssohn's books were seized and burnt. Kluger wrote that while the burning of the books was probably not the appropriate course of action, they were certainly correct to be enraged and to protest the study of Mendelssohn's work. Kluger explained that he saw fit to condemn Mendelssohn and his works for several reasons. Among his arguments, he wrote

...and furthermore, go out and see what his students, and all those who study his books, are - they are all complete evildoers... And his books are not studied except by the most worthless people, who violate the whole Torah... And every person who fears heaven flees from him like from a snake or scorpion.

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Published works[edit]

During his long life Rabbi Kluger wrote a great number of works—one hundred and sixty volumes. He wrote on all the branches of rabbinical literature as well as onBiblicalandTalmudicexegesis.[1]Many of these writings remain in manuscript form. Among his published works are:

Sefer Ha-Chayim(Zolkiev, 1825), novellæ onShulchan Aruch,Orach Chayim(some of his novellæ on the section "Even Ha-Ezer" were published later under the title "Chochmas Shlomo"; novellae on the other parts of the Shulchan Aruch have not been published)
Mei Niddah(ib. 1834),halachicandhaggadicnovellæ on Gemara Niddah
Eyn Dim'ah(part 1; ib. 1834), funeral sermon on the death ofRabbi Ephraim Zalman Margalios
Evel Yachid(Warsaw, 1836), funeral oration on RabbiMenachem Manis Mordechai Teomim
Nidrei Zerizin(Zolkiev, 1839), novellæ onGemara Nedarim
Evel Mosheh(withEyn Dim'ah,part 2; Warsaw, 1843), funeral orations onRabbi Moshe Schreiber(Sofer) andRabbi Yaakov Orenstein(author of the Yeshuos Yaakov) (available asa free downloadfrom HebrewBooks.org)
Shenos Chayim(Lemberg, 1855; the first part contains responsa onShulchan Aruch,Orach Chayim; the second, responsa and novellæ for scribes)
Sefer Stam(ib. 1856), laws for scribes
Modo'ah Le-Beis Yisrael(Breslau, 1859), responsa, chiefly of other Rabbis, concerning matzot made by machine
Tuv Ta'am Ve-Da'as(Lemberg, 1860; the first part contains the laws oftereifah; the second, entitledKin'as Soferim,contains laws for scribes and various laws of theYoreh De'ah)
Chiddushei Anshei Shem(Leipzig, 1860), novellæ onShulchan Aruch,Even Ha-Ezer
Ma'aseh Yedei Yozer(Lemberg, 1863), commentary on thePesach Haggadah
Sefer Avodas Avodah(Zolkiev, 1865), novellæ onAvodah Zarah
Rabbi Kluger'stakkanosconcerning slaughtering are printed inRabbi Ganzfried'sToras Zevach(Lemberg, 1848), and two of his responsa inRabbi David Solomon Eybeschütz'sNe'os Deshe(ib. 1861).[1]

Students[edit]