<<(SeMa”K).>> Amudei Golah-Sepher Mitzvoth HaKatzar [abridgment of Moses of Coucy’s Sepher Mitzvath Gadol]

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am
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Lot 175
ISAAC BEN JOSEPH OF CORBEIL.

<<(SeMa”K).>> Amudei Golah-Sepher Mitzvoth HaKatzar [abridgment of Moses of Coucy’s Sepher Mitzvath Gadol]

Third Edition. Marginal notes in various early hands. ff. (8), 156, (6). Marginal loss to title crudely repaired, occasional staining, few taped margins, stamps. Modern calf. 4to. Vinograd, Cracow 187.

Cracow: Isaac Prostitz 1596

Est: $500 - $700
The French Tosafist, Isaac of Corbeil, was both son-in-law and disciple of R. Yechiel of Paris. He also studied at the academy of Tosafists at Evreux. This compendium lists all the Mitzvoth applicable in the present post-Temple era, and gives an excellent short synopsis with pertinent halachic details. It is divided into seven parts, corresponding to the seven days of the week, so that it could be reviewed regularly. The Author intended his Code to be of popular usage, thus he interspersed within it many Aggadic passages, moral maxims and ethical teachings which enhanced its appeal. The work gained broad popularity (especially in Germany) and was accepted as an authoritative halachic source and much cited by later Codifiers - including the Tur. Indeed the title page reads “short in quantity but long in quality”.