MUTAL, BENJAMIN.

An important compendium of Halachic works. Although all are first editions, the various authors lived in different centuries. The author of Ohalei Tam, R. Tam Ibn Yachia (not to be confused with the Tosafist R. Tam) was one of R. Eliahu Mizrachi's principal disciples and lived in the 16th century. He was a son of R. David Ibn Yachya author of Lashon Limudim and a contemporary of both R. Bezalel Aschkenazi and R. Isaac Luria (AR"I zal). The Raba"d of Posquieres, the author of the critical glosses to Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, lived in the 12th century. Many of his smaller treatises and responsa covering a wide gamut of subjects are included in this collection under the title "Tamim De’im." His critical glosses on the Rif, published here for the first time were later incorporated in the standard editions of the Rif. R. Samuel ibn Sid, also known as Sirillo (see title page) or Sadillo (see first paragraph of Kelalei Shmuel), the son-in-law of R. Isaac Aboab, was exiled from Spain in 1492 and later settled in Egypt. He is widely cited in the responsa of the Maharam Alshakar, Mahari Bei-Rav and in Midrash Shmuel on Pirkei Avoth by Samual di Uceda. He was also known as a miracle worker and fabulous stories concerning his wondrous actions are cited in Shalsheleth Ha-Kaballah, Seder Ha-Doroth, Kore Ha-Doroth and Shem Ha-Gedolim