Minchah Belulah [homilies to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 3 |
Tuesday, November 25th,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Lot 198
RAPA, ABRAHAM MENACHEM BEN JACOB HAKOHEN OF PORTO.
Minchah Belulah [homilies to the Pentateuch]
Verona: Francesco delle Donne 1594
Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $750
Whilst a young man, the author was apprenticed as a proof-reader at the House of Bragadin in Venice. There he witnessed the violent Burning of the Talmud pursuant to the Papal Bull of 1553. On f.203r of the present work, Rapaport records the tragic event and notes his decision to commemorate the anniversary of the Auto-da-Fe as a personal fast-day for the rest of his life. See A. Yaari, Sereiphath Hatalmud B’Italia in: Mechkarei Sepher (1958) pp. 198-233