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LOT 14:
Classics. Responsa of Rabbi Betzalel Ashkenazi - Venice 1595 - First Edition.
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Classics. Responsa of Rabbi Betzalel Ashkenazi - Venice 1595 - First Edition.
Classic sefer of Halachic Responsa by Rabbi Betzalel Ashkenazi, the Shitta Mekubetzes.
FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title - escutcheon with three fleurs-de-lis surmounted by crown, surrounded by elaborate ornamental border.
Venice: Matteo Zanetti and Comin Presegno 1595
Vinograd, Venice 813. Stefansky Hebrew Classics 282.
Rabbi Betzalel Ashkenazi (c. 1520-1592), was one of the most well-known early Achronim and compiler of the Shitta Mekubetzes. He had many distinguished disciples, notably Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, the AR”I Ha’Kodosh. Another renowned disciple was Rabbi Shlomo Adani, the author of the Meleches Shlomo commentary on the Mishnah.
In 1587 the author succeeded Rabbi Chaim Vital as leader of the Jerusalem Community. His relentless pursuit of Hebrew manuscripts resulted in his magnum opus, the Shitah Mekubetzeth. Responsa no. 3 here is Rabbi David ibn Zimra’s famous edict against the Karaites.
Good-fair condition. title page with paper repairs, marginal wormhole, stains, final page laid to, new leather binding.
