Beth Yisrael [commentary to Jacob ben Asher’s Tur - Even Ha’ezer]. Subdivided into two commentaries “Derishah” and “Perishah”.

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FALK, YEHOSHUA KATZ.

Beth Yisrael [commentary to Jacob ben Asher’s Tur - Even Ha’ezer]. Subdivided into two commentaries “Derishah” and “Perishah”.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title within decorative typographical border and surrounding Biblical verses. Woodcut printer’s device. ff. 210 (i.e. 204). Stained, final leaf remargined, previous owner’s inscriptions. Contemporary vellum with clasps and hinges, worn. Folio. Vinograd, Lublin 190.

Lublin: Tzvi ben Abraham Kalonymos Jaffe 1638

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

The two subdivisions of the commentary complement each other: Perishah explains a ruling given by the Tur and roots it in Talmudic and Rishonic sources, while Derishah expounds upon and analyzes the ruling in comparison to other positions held by various rabbis.