<<(RaSH’I)>>. Likutei HaPardess.

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 268
SHLOMO BEN YITZCHAK

<<(RaSH’I)>>. Likutei HaPardess.

ff. 32. Stained, lower margin repaired with loss of few letters. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1050.

Amsterdam: Solomon ben Joseph Proops 1715

Est: $300 - $400
Compiled at the beginning of the 12th century, not by Rashi himself - but by Shemayah, his pupil, although the work contains a large number of Rashi’s decisions and responsa. It focuses upon the entire field of religious law with only a few remarks on certain aspects of civil law. It contains selections form Gaonic Responsa and other Codes as well as Midrashic texts. Waxman suggests the inclusion of such texts in a Code may be explained by the fact that “copies of such texts were rare, and the author who possessed them thought it worthwhile to preserve them for future generations.” See M. Waxman, History of Jewish Literature, Vol. I p. 303.