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Rabbi Yehudah Yerucham Fishel Perlow or Perla (1846-1934) was a Polish halakhist who wrote a number of books.
Biography
He was born in Warsaw. Around the age of 15 he went to Łomża to study under Yehoshua Leib Diskin. Later he studied in the Volozhin Yeshiva and was a leading student of Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin. Later he moved to Brisk and studied under Chaim Soloveitchik.
He was wealthy, owning a store managed by his wife, and thus refused offers to serve as rabbi of Lublin and Krakow in order to focus on his studies. He possessed one of the largest libraries in Poland at the time.
Between 1913 and 1917 his commentary on Saadiah Gaon's enumeration of the 613 commandments was published. The commentary was reportedly the work of 40 years. Saadiah had written a piyyut enumerating the commandments in a concise manner. Perlow's commentary, in contrast, was originally published in three volumes totalling 1600 pages, and more recently in 1600 volumes. It thoroughly examines Saadiah's choice of words in the piyyut, and deduces from this Saadiah's understanding of each mitzvah, and the halachic consequences that result.
He was widowed around 1923, and with his children already living far from Warsaw he was left alone. His students convinced him to move to the Land of Israel, and in 1926 he moved to Jerusalem. He died on Thursday night, Rosh Hodesh Adar, in 1934.
References
- ^ ירוחם פישל פרלא
- Machon Hamuar, 2011