This is an interesting book from my antique Hebrew books collection. It consists of an important book by Asher ben Yechiel (1259 Cologne (?)-1327 Toledo), known as Rabeinu Asher or the Rosh, together with important commentaries by Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller. Rabbeninu Asher's best known work is this abstract of Talmudic law. It includes … Continue reading Rabeinu Asher with Ma’adnei Yom Tov and Divrei Chamudos by Rabbi Yom Tov Lipman Heller, Furth, 1745.
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Tzavat (The Ethical Will of) Rabbi Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen, Second Edition, Vilna 1871. With Eulogies for Rabbi Katzenellenbogen and the Vilna Gaon.
My ancestor, Rabbi Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen, was born in 1667, the son of Rabbi Avraham Katzenellenbogen, in the city of Brisk Lithuania. There he studied and was educated by Rabbi Mordechai Ziskind. He married the daughter of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Sirkis of Brisk, whose wife was a grand-daughter of the Tosephos Yom Tov, Rabbi Yom Tov … Continue reading Tzavat (The Ethical Will of) Rabbi Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen, Second Edition, Vilna 1871. With Eulogies for Rabbi Katzenellenbogen and the Vilna Gaon.
Sefer Nachalat Zvi, by Rabbi Zvi HaCohen, Venice 1661.
This book, from my antique Hebrew book collection, was printed by the printer Bragadin in Venice in 1661 on the 100th anniversary of the printing of the Shulchan Aruch. It is a commentary on the Even HaEzer (literally stone of help) section of the Shulchan Aruch which is about Jewish family law, including marriage … Continue reading Sefer Nachalat Zvi, by Rabbi Zvi HaCohen, Venice 1661.
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