Aryeh Leib ben Moses Zuenz (–1833) was a

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...

and scholar of the 18th and 19th centuries who lived in

Pińczów Pińczów is a town in southern Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. Population is 12,304 (2005). Pińczów belongs to the historic Polish province of Lesser Poland, an ...

, and later in Plotzk. He was the author of the following works: * ''Ya'alat Chen'' (Zolkiev, 1802), sermons on different parashiyyot * ''Get Mekushshar'' (Warsaw, 1812), compendium to that part of

Maimonides Musa ibn Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (); la, Moses Maimonides and also referred to by the acronym Rambam ( he, רמב״ם), was a Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah ...

' ''Yad'' which treats of divorce * ''Magen ha-Elef,'' called also ''Shem Chadash'' ( ib. 1817), on the regulations of the ritual codex referring to the

Passover Passover, also called Pesach (; ), is a major Jewish holidays, Jewish holiday that celebrates the The Exodus, Biblical story of the Israelites escape from slavery in Ancient Egypt, Egypt, which occurs on the 15th day of the Hebrew calendar, He ...

festival (to this work are appended notes on the ''Machatzit ha-Shekel'' of Samuel ha-Levi Kolin) * ''She'elot u-Teshubot Gur Aryeh Yehudah'' (Zolkiev, 1827), compendium of the four ritual

codices The codex (plural codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term ''codex'' is often used for ancient manuscript books, with ...

: ** ''Chiddushim'' (Warsaw, 1830), treating of the

shechitah In Judaism, ''shechita'' (anglicized: ; he, ; ; also transliterated ''shehitah, shechitah, shehita'') is slaughtering of certain mammals and birds for food according to '' kashrut''. Sources states that sheep and cattle should be slaughtere ...

and

terefah Terefah ( he, טְרֵפָה, lit. "torn by a beast of prey"; plural ''treifot'') refers to either: * A member of a kosher species of mammal or bird, disqualified from being considered kosher, due to pre-existing mortal injuries or physical def ...

** ''Simchat Yom-Tob'' (ib. 1841), complete commentary on the tractate

Betzah Moed ( he, מועד, "Festivals") is the second Order of the Mishnah, the first written recording of the Oral Torah of the Jewish people (also the Tosefta and Talmud). Of the six orders of the Mishna, Moed is the third shortest. The order of M ...

** ''She'elot u-Teshubot Meshibat Nefesh'' (ib. 1849),

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on the ritual codices ** ''Chiddushim'' (ib. 1859), compendium of the ritual codex ''

Yoreh De'ah Yoreh De'ah ( he, יורה דעה) is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim around 1300. This section treats all aspects of Jewish law not pertinent to the Hebrew calendar, finance, torts, marriage, ...

'' * ''Birkat ha-Shir'' (), a

Passover Haggadah The Haggadah ( he, הַגָּדָה, "telling"; plural: Haggadot) is a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. According to Jewish practice, reading the Haggadah at the Seder table is a fulfillment of the mitzvah to each Jew ...

together with commentary * ''Melo ha-'Omer,'' commentary on the

Pentateuch The Torah (; hbo, ''Tōrā'', "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. In that sense, Torah means the sa ...

and the

Five Megillot The Five Scrolls or The Five Megillot ( he, חמש מגילות , ''Hamesh Megillot'' or ''Chomeish Megillos'') are parts of the Ketuvim ("Writings"), the third major section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). The Five Scrolls are the Song of Songs, ...

* ''Tib Chalitzah'' and ''Tib Kiddushin'' (), collections of responsa on the ceremony of

chalitzah ''Halizah'' (or ''chalitzah''; he, חליצה) is, under the Hebrew Bible, biblical system of levirate marriage known as ''yibbum'', the process by which a childless widow and a brother of her deceased husband may avoid the duty to marry. The p ...

as observed in modern times, and on marriage contracts.

''Jewish Encyclopedia'' bibliography

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, ''Bibl. Jud.'' s.v. "Zinz"; *

Benjacob Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob (January 10, 1801, Ramygala – July 2, 1863, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian Jewish Maskil, best known as a bibliographer, author, and publisher. His 17-volume Hebrew Bible included Rashi, Mendelssohn, as well as his own ''M ...

, ''Otzar ha-Sefarim'', pp. 94, 96, 175, 208, 227, 296, 376, 591, 592, 594, 636. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuenz, Aryeh Leib ben Moses 19th-century Polish rabbis 1760s births 1833 deaths 18th-century Polish rabbis 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian writers 19th-century Polish writers Year of birth uncertain People from Płock People from Pińczów County Polish non-fiction writers Polish male non-fiction writers