Avodath Halevi [listing of the precepts with reference to sources throughout Rabbinical literature]

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SOLOMON BEN ELIEZER HALEVI

Avodath Halevi [listing of the precepts with reference to sources throughout Rabbinical literature]

FIRST EDITION. Two title words offset by three clover leaf designs.Owner’s signature on title: “Yitzhak Dayyan.” ff. 28. Tears and wormholes have been expertly repaired using modern technology so that they are almost imperceptible. Modern velllum. 4to. Vinograd, Const. 66; Yaari 81. Vinograd lists the year as 1515, but according to Yaari, there is a “window” of five years (1515-1520)

(Constantinople): n.p. (1515-1520)

Est: $10,000 - $12,000

PRICE REALIZED $11,000

Avodath Halevi lists the commandments contained in each Torah portion of the week. Provided are not only the definitions of the commandments in succint language (following Maimonides’ lead) but also invaluable reference notes to the entire corpus of Jewish law: Mishnah, Mekhilta, Sifra, Sifre, Mishneh Torah, SeMaG, SeMaK, Tur, Rabbenu Yeruham, Kolbo, Roke’ah, Agur, and RIF. Extremely rare.