Tephilah Lemoshe [sermons and homilies to the Pentateuch, with treatise on the reading of the Shema upon retirement]
AUCTION 15 |
Tuesday, March 12th,
2002 at 1:00
Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 9
ALMOSNINO, MOSES.
Tephilah Lemoshe [sermons and homilies to the Pentateuch, with treatise on the reading of the Shema upon retirement]
Cracow: n.p. 1590 (i.e. 1589)
Est: $800 - $1,200
PRICE REALIZED $450
Moses Almosnino was born in Constantinople in 1516, maturing to became rabbi of Salonika. In 1565, he formed a delegation to petition Sultan Selim II for a confirmation of the privileges previously granted to the Salonika Jews in 1537. His efforts procured a favorable decision and in 1568 the Salonika community were granted the status of a self-governing entity, a prerogative it enjoyed for centuries thereafter. See EJ, II cols. 669-71