Bezalel ha-Levi of Zolkiew

Bezalel b. Judah ha-Levi Horowitz of Zolkiew also called Bezalel Zolkiewer was Polish Talmudist of the second half of the eighteenth century, chiefly known for his commentary on Pirkei Avoth entitled be-Shem Bezalel (Frankfurt on the Oder, 1781).[1]

A native of Zolkiew, through his father, R. Bezalel was a member of the noted Horowitz family. His mother was the daughter of R. Hanokh Heinokh Ashkenazi, a descendant of R. Joel Sirkis (1561–1640), and the son-in-law of the court Jew Jakub Becal (d. 1696), from whom he inherited much wealth.[2] Using his wealth, R. Bezalel was the benefactor of several causes and rabbinic texts, most notably sponsoring the publication of the Jerusalem Talmud in 1742 in Frankfurt.[3]

R. Bezalel married the daughter of R. Abraham Abele Bonems (d. 1747), the grandson of R. Moses Bonems (1600–1668),[4] with whom he had two daughters;

• Sarah Horowitz, the wife of R. Zevi Hirsch Bonhardt of Wodzislaw and mother of R. Simcha Bunim Bonhardt of Peshischa.[2]
• Sheva Horowitz, the mother of R. Abraham Shevas, the father-in-law of R. Saul Katz Greenfield, author of Eshkol Enovim (Cracow, 1906).[2]

References

1. "BEZALEL B. JUDAH HA-LEVI OF ZOLKIEV - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
2. Buber, Solomon (1903). Kiryah Nisgavah. Cracow. p. 20.
3. J., Heller, Marvin (1999). Printing the Talmud : a history of the individual treatises printed from 1700 to 1750. Brill. p. 49. ISBN 90-04-11293-6. OCLC 804892621.
4. Braun, Hananya Yom Tob Lipa (1930). Hidot Simhah. Warsaw. p. 5.