(RO”Sh). Pi Shnayim [commentary to Seder Zera'im]. With additional notes by the editor Elisha ben Abraham of Horodna

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

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ASHER BEN YECHIEL

(RO”Sh). Pi Shnayim [commentary to Seder Zera'im]. With additional notes by the editor Elisha ben Abraham of Horodna

FIRST EDITION. Partially unopened copy. Approbations of Rabbis Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen of Altona-Hamburg-Wandsbeck; Moses Katzenellenbogen of Schwabach, Ansbach; Moses Hagiz, a native of Jerusalem; and Jacob Emden ff. (10), 8, (4), 9-12, 1-76, 101-108. Old tape repair on title, ex-library, foxed. Later boards. 4to Vinograd, Altona 21

Altona: Aaron ben Elijah Katz 1735

Est: $500 - $700

The manuscript of R. Asher's commentary to the Mishnaic Order of Zera'im, dealing with the agricultural laws obligatory in the Land of Israel, came from the legendary library of R. David Oppenheim of Prague, who lent it to the editor in order to ready it for publication. Included in the Introduction is a lengthy passage inadvertently omitted from Emden's own commentary to the Mishnah, Lechem Shamayim (Wandsbeck, 1733). The Hashmatah, which takes up the better part of a leaf, pertains to the Mishnah, Rosh Hashanah 4:7. (Not mentioned in Y. Raphael's bibliography of Emden's works in Aresheth, Vol. III. pp. 242-3)