Hayyim Tyrer

Hayyim ben Solomon Tyrer (Hebrew: חיים בן שלמה טירר‎‎) was a Hasidic rabbi and kabbalist. After he had been rabbi at five different towns, among them Mogilev, Czernowitz and Botoșani,^[1] he settled in Jerusalem.^[2]

He was the author of: "Sidduro shel Shabbat," kabbalistic homilies on Sabbatical subjects, Poryck, 1818; "Be'er Mayim Ḥayyim," novellæ on the Pentateuch, in two parts, Czernowitz, pt. i. 1820, pt. ii. 1849; "Sha'ar ha-Tefillah," kabbalistic reflections on prayer, Sudilkov, 1837; "Ereẓ ha-Ḥayyim," in two parts: (1) a homiletic commentary on the Prophets and Hagiographa, and (2) novellæ on the treatise Berakhot, Czernowitz, 1861.^[1] He is mentioned by Sender Margalioth in his responsa on the Shulchan Aruch, Even Ha'ezer.^[2]

He died at Jerusalem in 1813,^[2] and was buried in a cave in the Jewish cemetery of Safed.

References

1. ארץ החיים (in Hebrew). OCLC 233085892. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
2.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "ḤAYYIM BEN SOLOMON OF MOGHILEF or MOHILEV". Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
   Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
   • Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 365;
   • Walden, Shem ha-Gedolim he-Ḥadash, p. 48.

External links

• Yihudim in the thought of R. Hayyim Tyrer of Czernowitz at Google Books
• The Be'er Mayim Chaim; shiurim by Rabbi Moshe Weinberger