[Avodah] R. Meir Bar Ilan

[Harry Weiss]

> From: basserh at queensu.ca
>
> Sefer Amar Yehushua is not a theory--- a factoid. the book exists and you can find the exact? reference of tosfos in it. and indeed every pisqa begins: amar yehoshua, and this is the way the rishonim called it. . the first huge study of it was done by Avraham Epstein well over a hundred years ago. he discusses eldad's sources, who he was and where he was. since then there have been other fine studies,
> The most recent treatment of eldad i think is that of meir bar-ilan, of bar-ilan university. I would not be surprised if steinzaltz put in the right words.
>
> Zvi Basser

Just a technical correction.  R. Meir (Berlin) Bar Ilan, after whom Bar 
Ilan University is named was niftar before the univesity was established. 
He was the younger son of the Netziv of Volozhin.  Since he is from second 
marriage, he wass much much younger than his older brother R. Chaim 
Berlin.

I wonder if his cousin addressed the issue of whether R. Chaim Berlin 
attended the Netziv's wedding.   This would have been before the time of 
R,. Baruch Epstein, but that is the sort of informaton could possibly be 
in Mekor Baruch.