SLONIK, BENJAMIN OF HARODNA. Mitzvath Nashim Melumadah: Hilchoth Nidah, Chalah, Hadlakath ha-Ner / Precetti da Esser Imparati dalle Donne Hebree. [Commandments of Women: Family Purity, Tithing Dough, Lighting Candles].
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
Lot 211
(WOMEN).
SLONIK, BENJAMIN OF HARODNA. Mitzvath Nashim Melumadah: Hilchoth Nidah, Chalah, Hadlakath ha-Ner / Precetti da Esser Imparati dalle Donne Hebree. [Commandments of Women: Family Purity, Tithing Dough, Lighting Candles].
Venice: Giovanni Umberto 1652
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,250
A BOOK OF WOMEN’S LAWS IN AN ATTRACTIVE PERSONALIZED CONTEMPORARY BINDING.
An Italian edition of this oft-republished work, dealing with the three principle religious duties of a married woman. The noted Polish author, Benjamin Slonik of Grodna (c. 1550-c.1619), left a body of Halachic opinion that remained authoritative long after his death.
The title is derived from the phrase in Isaiah 29:13, "mitzvath anashim melumadah" ("a commandment of men learned by rote.") Craftily,the Author dropped the "aleph" in "anashim" (men) to yield "Mitzvath Nashim Melumadah" ("a commandment of women learned by rote.")