(RO”Sh). Sepher Kitzur Piskei HaRO”Sh [digest of legal decisions]. Composed by the Author’s son R. Jacob, (author Arba’ah Turim)

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ASHER BEN YECHIEL

(RO”Sh). Sepher Kitzur Piskei HaRO”Sh [digest of legal decisions]. Composed by the Author’s son R. Jacob, (author Arba’ah Turim)

FIRST EDITION. Printed in double columns. ff.116. Title page provided in facsimile, stained, f.2 repaired with loss, some leaves remarginedModern elegant blind-tooled calf. Folio Vinograd, Const. 74; Yaari, Const. 42; Mehlman 734; Adams 2062; Heller, pp.70-71

Constantinople: Judah Sasson and Samuel ibn Nahmias 1515

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,000

The contribution of R. Asher ben Yechiel (c.1250-1327) to Halacha is of fundamental significance. His decisions are one of three pillars upon which R. Joseph Karo relied in formulating his final synthesis of the Shulchan Aruch (the other two being the legal rulings of R. Isaac Alfasi and of Maimonides). A native of Germany, R. Asher settled in Toledo, Spain in 1305, where he became acquainted with the Sephardic tradition, however, in terms of halacha, his work is reflective of the Aschkenazic orientation.