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

AUCTION 54 | Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 at 1:00

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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.>> A wide margined copy. ff. 76. Previous owners signature on title crossed out, some staining in places, signatures of censors on final leaves marginal hole on top of f. 2, small wormholes on final leaves, generally a good copy. Later boards, needs rebinding. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Salonika 63; Mehlman 900.

Salonika: Joseph Ya’avetz 1563

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

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 rabbinic scholarship and knowledge 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.