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Over Pesach I was taking a deeper dive into the Haggadah and saw an unusual reference in the Koren Tanach from Rabbi Adin Even Yisroel Steinsaltz to the commentary from Rabbi Menachem ben Shimon (Parshat Bo note 97).

I was unfamiliar with this name and researched further to discover that he was a Rishon from Provence. According to the biographical information he wrote a complete commentary on the Tanach, but we only have his commentary to Jeremiah and Ezekiel remaining today.

I would like to acquire a printed copy of his commentaries to add to my personal library. Does anyone out there know where I can find it? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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    Apparently it was recently claimed that his commentary on Mishlei has also been preserved.
    – Harel13
    Commented May 1 at 14:15
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    This dissertation seems to me to be the only printed version. I can't access it online, but people in the USA might have access via Hathitrust here. The dissertation is in German but according to the first link there are two Hebrew appendices. Presumably (though not certainly) these are the two commentaries. Some libraries offer printing services, so that's a possibility. In any case, manuscripts of the commentaries can be accessed via the NLI website.
    – Harel13
    Commented May 1 at 14:38
  • There's also another dissertation written on the first 25 chapters of the commentary on Yirmiyahu, see here. I don't know whether the author included the full or even partial commentary as an appendix.
    – Harel13
    Commented May 1 at 14:40
  • @Harel13 Thanks so much for your help. I was able to access a PDF of the German publication. It is only fragments of the two commentaries. More significantly, it doesn't go to chapter 30 of Jeremiah and that is what Steinsaltz is quoting. What is "NLI" that you are referencing?
    – Yaacov Deane
    Commented May 1 at 15:50
  • NLI- National Library of Israel. Type in מנחם בן שמעון מפוסקיר and you'll find the relevant manuscripts.
    – Harel13
    Commented May 1 at 15:54

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