Abraham David ben Asher Anshel Buczacz

Who was Abraham David ben Asher Anshel Buczacz?

Abraham David ben Asher Anshel Wahrman, was a Galician Talmudist.

He began studying Talmud as a boy. When he was ten years old, Zvi Hirsch Karo, the author of Neta' Sha'ashu'im, chose him as a son-in-law. At the age of twenty, he became the rabbi at Yazlovets.

In the Jewish Encyclopedia, Louis Ginzberg and A. Pelginsky dramatically recount his encounter with Hasidism:

In 1813 he succeeded his late father-in-law as rabbi of Buczacz, and remained in office until his death.

Buczacz is the author of the following works:

Da'at Kedoshim, to the Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Lemberg, 1870; 2d ed., ib. 1879;

Dibre Abot, commentary on Pirkei Avoth, ib. 1879;

Eshel Avraham, annotations to the Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim, ib. 1885;

Birkat David, cabalistic-haggadic commentary on Genesis, Zolkiev;

Machazeh Abraham, commentary on the Pentateuch, and Chozeh David, on the other Biblical books, Lemberg, 1871;

Amarot Tehorot, on the purification of Niddah and vessels, in Yiddish, ib. 1878;

Tefillah le-David, on benediction and prayer, ib. 1886; Kolomea, 1887;

Tehillah le-David, on the Psalms, ib. 1872.