Shibolei ha-Leket [“The Gathered Sheaves”: Rabbinic code]
AUCTION 31 |
Tuesday, December 13th,
2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew and Other Printed Books
Lot 47
ANAV, ZEDEKIAH BEN ABRAHAM HA-ROPHE
Shibolei ha-Leket [“The Gathered Sheaves”: Rabbinic code]
Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1546
Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $700
The most notable of the 13th-century Italian codes, Shibolei ha-Leket discusses the laws of ritual and festivals. In the introduction, the author states that his purpose is to sift those decisions from the mass of opinions that might be relied upon to teach the correct mode of religious conduct. See M. Waxman, Vol. II, pp. 130-132.
Tradition has it that the Anav (Heb. Min ha-Anavim) Family was one of four aristocratic families Titus brought from Jerusalem to Rome after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 c.e. Zedekiah ben Abraham (1225-1297) was one of many distinguished Talmudists to emerge from this illustrious Roman family