Sepher ha-Zichronoth. * Bound with: Nachmias, Raphael ibn, ed. Sepher Mekor Ma’ayan ha-Chochmah [Midrash concerning Moses’ Sinaitic ascent to heaven and his exchanges with the angels]. ff. (2)

AUCTION 30 |
Tuesday, September 20th,
2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books and Manuscripts
Lot 2
Aboab, Samuel
Sepher ha-Zichronoth. * Bound with: Nachmias, Raphael ibn, ed. Sepher Mekor Ma’ayan ha-Chochmah [Midrash concerning Moses’ Sinaitic ascent to heaven and his exchanges with the angels]. ff. (2)
(Prague): (1650)
Est: $300 - $400
A work of practical halacha (halacha le-ma’aseh) that Reflects the Vicissitudes of Italian Jewish Life.There is some question as to the authorship of the book. It is attributed alternatively to Samuel ben Abraham Aboab (1610-1694), rabbi of Venice, or to Isaac ben Abraham Hayim Jesurun of Hamburg (d. 1655)