(Gaon of Pumbeditha). Mishpatei Shevuoth [“A Treatise on Oaths”] plus Midrashic material on the blessings of Jacob to his children and Braitha Melacheth HaMishkan.

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HAI BEN SHERIRA

(Gaon of Pumbeditha). Mishpatei Shevuoth [“A Treatise on Oaths”] plus Midrashic material on the blessings of Jacob to his children and Braitha Melacheth HaMishkan.

FIRST EDITION. Title within decorative cartouche. ff. 55. Ex-library. Stained, upper portion of final leaves repaired affecting some text. Recent boards. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Venice 951

Venice: Daniel Zanetti 1602

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

Only fragments of the Arabic original of this work are extant and this Hebrew rendering was compiled by an unknown translator. Hai Gaon reformulated the Kol Nidrei prayer, opposed as he was to the absolute annulment of vows on Yom Kippur Eve.