Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Schwadron was known by his acronym Maharsham.
Education
He was a foremost halachic authority and his main works "Shailos Uteshuvos Maharsham" and "Daas Torah" are widely studied sources of practical Jewish law. He was born in 1835 in Złoczów to Moshe Schwadron, a Torah scholar, and studied under Rabbi Yoel Ashkenazy.
Career
Among his prominent works are Mishpat Shalom on Choshen Mishpat. He was well known as a very lenient rabbi. He also authored Techeiles Mordechai, a three-volume commentary of the Torah.
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lieutenant is known that after each din Torah (case in a rabbinical court), he would explain to the loser the reason he lost until he understood clearly. If the person was unable to understand, he would tell him "You must have a good friend or family member that is a Torah scholar.
Send him to me and I will explain it to him so you will feel that you were done justice."
He lived in Berezhany where he acquired the nickname Gaon of Berezhany. He died there in 1911.