(TALMUD YERUSHALMI. Tractate Berachoth, Order of Zera’im, and Tractate Shekalim, with commentary by Elijah ben Judah Leib [Fuld]. Appended glosses of R. David [Oppenheim] of Prague

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(BANET, MORDECHAI)

(TALMUD YERUSHALMI. Tractate Berachoth, Order of Zera’im, and Tractate Shekalim, with commentary by Elijah ben Judah Leib [Fuld]. Appended glosses of R. David [Oppenheim] of Prague

First Edition of Fuld’s commentary. On front fly, signature of former owner, “Ha-K[atan] Mordecai Banet.” Followed by, “Naphal li bi-yerusha me-eth avi ha-Gaon Isaiah Banet zt”l, ha-k[atan] Lemel Banet” [My inheritance from my father, the Gaon Isaiah Banet, of blessed memory, Lemel Banet]. (See below.) On title, other inscriptions, “Judah…Moses of Trebitsch…Jacob Kopel of Trebitsch.” ff.(1), 37, (missing Berachoth f.32.), 22, 21, 25, (tear to Shvi’ith f.90), 25, 34, 14, 17, 15, 14, 9, 20, (6). Total ff.260. Title stained and marginally repaired, somewhat browned and waterstained. Modern vellum. Slip-case. Folio Not in Vinograd

Amsterdam: Moses Dias 1710

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $500

Mordechai Banet Autographed Copy of Jerusalem Talmud R. Mordechai ben Abraham Banet (1753-1829) of Nikolsburg, Moravia, was a colleague of Rabbis Akiba Eger and Moses Schreiber (Sofer). Although Banet’s literary output is certainly dwarfed by these contemporaries, Banet himself was held by his congregants in Nikolsburg with the highest esteem. See JE, Vol. III, pp. 14-15; EJ, Vol. IV, cols. 159-160; N.Z. Friedmann, Otzar Harabanim, I-11673, M-13753 From the inscription on the flyleaf, we learn the exact provenance of this copy. From R. Mordecai Banet, the book passed to his son R. Isaiah Banet of Kalev (1793-1866), who in turn, bequeathed it to his son Lemel Banet