7 Nisan · Yahrzeit
Rabbi Pinchas Zelig - "Ateret Paz"
Rabbi Pinchas Zelig - Rabbi of Lask (1670), a descendant of the Krakow Rav Yitzchak, is the author of the book "Ateret Paz" (Frankfurt, 1768).
Yahrzeit - 7 Nissan
Resting place - Lask, Poland
He received his Torah from the sages and rabbis of Prague, which at that time was a city full of renowned and famous sages and writers, and especially from his teacher and eminent rabbi, Rabbi Shmuel Krakawer of Prague (one of the greatest students of the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Brod and Rabbi Yonatan Eibeschutz), and from them he absorbed his distinctive method of study, profound yet clear in its simplicity.
After some time, Rabbi Pinchas Zelig was chosen as Rabbi of the city of Lask, which was a well-known center of Torah in Poland.
In Lask he taught Torah in holiness and purity and raised up many students.
In 1778 he printed his important book "Ateret Paz" - a comprehensive commentary, sharp and knowledgeable, on the rulings of Seder Nashim - on the "Piskei HaRosh".
Our teacher the Chida writes in "Shem HaGedolim" that he also wrote a commentary on "Seder Moed," but it was never published. The Rav of "Ateret Paz" writes that his father strongly encouraged him to study Gemara together with the Rosh, and that this would make it much easier for him to study the Tur together with the Beit Yosef, which he himself confirms to be true.
His commentaries on tractate Moed were never published.
After the passing of Rabbi Pinchas Zelig (1770), his son, Rav Tzvi, was appointed rabbi of Lask, but his term of office did not last long.
May the merit of the tzadik protect Am Yisrael!