Lechem Rav [novellae and commentary to Shulchan Aruch].

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SHMUEL BEN JOSEPH JOSKE OF LUBLIN.

Lechem Rav [novellae and commentary to Shulchan Aruch].

<<ONLY EDITION.>> With approbation of the <<Mahara’l of Prague.>> ff. 66. Heavily browned, final three leaves remargined closely affecting headnote. Modern morocco. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Prague 175.

Prague: Judah Leib and Azriel sons of Moshe Sidel 1608

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

Samuel ben Joseph of Lublin served as the rabbi of Jung Bunzlau (Mlada Boleslav) just north of Prague. This was the only work of his to be published, and reflects the increasing Ashkenazic acceptance of R. Yoseph Karo’s and R. Moshe Isserles’ codification of Halachah. Notably, the Maharal’s own brother was a fierce critic of this process. See M. Heller, The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book, pp. 212-13.