Rabbi Avraham Dovid Wahrman

Galician Talmudist and author of the influential halachic commentary *Eshel Avraham* to the *Shulchan Aruch*, Orach Chayim. He succeeded his father-in-law as rabbi of Buchach in 1813 and served until his death. His numerous works include *Da'at Kedoshim* to *Yoreh De'ah*, *Machazeh Avraham* on the Pentateuch, and *Birkat David*, a kabbalistic-haggadic commentary on Genesis.