Biblical commentary and halakha
Editing that turns a father’s writings into a comprehensive commentary: Metzudat David explains the matters of the verses and their plain sense, and Metzudat Zion explains words and expressions in the Bible, and he refined the commentary and added additions of his own. The finished commentary won wide approval because it is clear and understandable to all, and it soon became a foundation of Bible commentary.
A biblical commentator and halakhic authority, son of Rabbi David Altschuler, born in Yavoriv in Galicia, who served as rabbi in Emden and Yavoriv. He completed and edited his father’s Metzudot on the Bible, divided them into Metzudat David and Metzudat Zion, and travelled to Berlin, Holland and Italy to print them, until they were printed in Livorno. He also wrote Binyan HaBayit on the form of the Third Temple.
includes 3 inspiration linksThe generations follow the Rambam’s introduction to the Mishneh Torah. A dashed line is inspiration, not direct transmission.