1995. He was interred on Har HaMenuchot. Children Rabbi Auerbach had seven sons and three daughters. His sons are: Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach (d. 2018), leader of the Bnei Torah political party Rabbi Ezriel Auerbach, a son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, and the rabbi of Chanichei Hayeshivot in Bayit Vegan Rabbi Avraham Dov Auerbach (d. 2021), a rabbi in Tiberias Rabbi Mordechai Auerbach, the pulpit rabbi of Avir Ya'akov in Tel Aviv Rabbi Ya'akov Auerbach, a rabbi in Beit Shemesh Rabbi Meir Simcha Auerbach, a posek and Rosh Yeshiva in Betar Illit Rabbi Baruch Auerbach, publisher of the complete works of Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi, was killed in an automobile accident in 1999. Rabbi Auerbach's daughters: Rachel, married to Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, a leading posek in Israel Miriam, married to Rav Treger, living in Antwerp Malka, married to Rav Bordiansky Prominent students Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, his son-in-law. Rabbi Meir Kessler Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth Rabbi Shaye Portnoy, Rosh Yeshiva - Beis Medrash LeTorah (Jerusalem) Rabbi Michael Yammer, Rosh Yeshiva - Sha'alvim Works Sefarim authored by Rabbi Auerbach include: Meorei Eish, a pioneering work concerning electricity in halacha, (1935) Ma'adanei Eretz, a two-volume book regarding agricultural halacha, (1946) Minchas Shlomo (responsa), first volume (1986), second volume (2003) Minchas Shlomo, a commentary on the Talmud He also authored a commentary on Shev Shema'tata, which itself is a work of novellae on the Talmud by Rabbi Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller. Most of Rabbi Auerbach's halachic rulings were delivered orally and not published formally. However, his rulings on medical and halacha were summarized and publicized by Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth in his book Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchatah, Rabbi Dr. Abraham S. Abraham in his Nishmat Avraham, and Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg in his Encyclopedia Hilchatit Refuit. Rabbi Neuwirth also made many of Rabbi Auerbach's rulings on Hilkhot Shabbat (Shabbat laws) widely known in his bestselling book, which was first published in Hebrew in 1965 and subsequently rendered into English. See also Magen Lacholeh References External links Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l Video of Rabbi Auerbach zt"l Volume 1 of shu"t Minchat Shlomo Volume 2 of shu"t Minchat Shlomo Volume 3 of shu"t Minchat Shlomo Haredi rabbis in Israel Israeli Rosh yeshivas 20th-century rabbis in Jerusalem Jewish medical ethics 1910 births 1995 deaths Burials at Har HaMenuchot Authors of books on Jewish law Hebrew-language writers