<<(“Tosfos Yom-Tov.”)>> Ma’amar Bechinath Olam [commentary to Yedaiah Bedarsi’s ethical work].

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HELLER, YOM TOV LIPMANN

<<(“Tosfos Yom-Tov.”)>> Ma’amar Bechinath Olam [commentary to Yedaiah Bedarsi’s ethical work].

<<FIRST EDITION>> of commentary. Marginalia. ff. 64. Browned, stained in places, few neat paper repairs. Modern boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Prague 92.

Prague: n.p. 1598

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,000

Bavarian born R. Yom Tov Lipmann Heller (1579-1654) is more commonly known as the ‘Tosfos Yom Tov’ after his major commentary to the Mishnah. In his youth he studied in Prague with both R. Yehudah Loewe (the Mahara’l) and R. Ephraim Luntschytz (the Kli Yakar). By the remarkably young age of 19 R. Heller was asked to sit on the Maharal’s Judicial Court. By 1627 he was appointed Chief Rabbi of Prague.