Bi'ur al Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol [commentary to Moses of Coucy’s rabbinic code]

AUCTION 47 | Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 1:00

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JOSEPH BEN MOSES OF KREMENETZ

Bi'ur al Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol [commentary to Moses of Coucy’s rabbinic code]

FIRST EDITION. On title: "Ya'akov Chazak." (See below) ff. 76. Ex-library. Recent boards. 8vo Vinograd, Venice 980; Habermann, di Gara 227

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1605

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

The author's comments record views of his teachers: R. Moses Isserles, R. Mardush of Ostraha, R. Isaac Hakohen and R. Israel ben R. Schachna. R. Ya'akov Chazak (1689-1782) served as Rabbi of Padua. He was a member of the intimate circle of disciples of R. Moses Chaim Luzzatto (Ramcha"l) (1707-1746). See JE, Vol. VI, p. 280; N.Z. Friedmann, Otzar Harabanim 9632