<<(Mahari”t).>> Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].

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

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Lot 276
TRANI, YOSEPH

<<(Mahari”t).>> Shailoth U’Teshuvoth [responsa].

<<First edition.>> Two volumes. pp. (2), 169, (13). ff. 198. pp. (11). Ex-library, few marginal repairs. Modern calf.Folio. Vinograd, Venice 1187.

Venice: Calleone-Bragadin 1629

Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $1,000
One of the greatest rabbis of his generation, R. Yoseph Trani (1568-1639), was the son of R. Moshe Trani (the Mabi’t). A resident of Safed for a large part of his life, he was placed as the Head of the Yeshivah of the city in 1594, an honor which indicated his ordination by R. Ya’akov Beirav (who attempted to renew the Semichah process). In 1604 the Mahari’t was appointed to the senior Rabbinic post in Constantinople, in essence the singular Halachic authority of the entire Ottoman Empire.