Raphael Halevi of Hannover. Techunath HaShamayim [calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calendar]. Edited by Moshes ben Jekuthiel of Tiktin.
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2021 at 11:00am
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 97
(ASTRONOMY).
Raphael Halevi of Hannover. Techunath HaShamayim [calculations of intercalation and the Jewish calendar]. Edited by Moshes ben Jekuthiel of Tiktin.
Amsterdam: J. Jansen 1756
Est: $400 - $600
A guide to the scientific aspects of Maimonides’ Hilchoth Kiddush HaChodesh (Laws of Sanctification of the New Moon). The author was an interesting amalgam of two worlds: He excelled in his traditional yeshivah education in Frankfurt a/Main, yet was also closely associated with the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
See S. Feiner, The Jewish Enlightenment (2004) pp. 41-42.