Menorath ha-Ma’or [“The Candelabrum of Light”: Ethical Treatise]

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Menorath ha-Ma’or [“The Candelabrum of Light”: Ethical Treatise]

Provenance: Joseph Schreiber, the youngest son of the Chaham Sopher ff.116. Some staining, marginal repair on title and elsewhere, marginalia in an Aschkenazic hand. Previous owners' signatures on front flyleaf "Yuzpe ben-Ha-G[aon] M[oshe] S[ofer] - Joseph Schreiber" and further on final leaf in Ashkenazic and Italian hands, including Shmaya Aboulafia of Pesaro. Later gilt calf. Folio Vinograd Mantua 95; St. Cat. Bodl. 5294, 6

Mantua: G. Ruffinelli 1563

Est: $1,200 - $1,500

RARE. The signatory on the front fly-leaf was the youngest son of the Chatham Sofer (1825-1883). His-son-inlaw was R. Yehudah Greenwald, Rabbi of Satmar. For more details, see M.A.Z. Kinstlicher, He-Chatham Sofer V’Talmidav (2005), pp. 204-06 (includes facs. of signature) The publishers state on the title-page that based upon an old manuscript they have corrected many errors that appeared in earlier editions. First published in Constantinople in 1514, Menorath ha-Ma’or has been an immensely popular and inspirational ethical work throughout the ages.