Tephilah LeMoshe [sermons and homilies on the merits of Torah plus a commentary on Kri'ath Shema]

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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ALMOSNINO, MOSES.

Tephilah LeMoshe [sermons and homilies on the merits of Torah plus a commentary on Kri'ath Shema]

FIRST EDITION. Previous owners signatures, marginal notes, lengthy at times ff. 76. Stained in places, wormhole on final two leaves, f.4 and f.8 with corner loss affecting text. Modern marbled boards, calf spine. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Salonika 63; Mehlman 900

Salonika: Joseph Ya’avetz 1563

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

Born in Salonika, Moses ben Baruch Almosnino (c. 1515-c. 1580) hailed from a distinguished Jewish family originally from the Spanish town of Aragon. He was renowned for his knowledge of rabbinical matters and for his scholarship in the sciences, particularly natural physics and astronomy. In 1565, he formed a delegation to petition Sultan Selim II for a confirmation of the privileges previously granted to the Salonika Jews in 1537. His efforts procured a favorable decision and in 1568 the Salonika community was granted the status of a self-governing entity, a prerogative it enjoyed for centuries thereafter. See EJ, II cols. 669-71