Keraithi Uplaithi [on Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah]

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 79
EYBESCHEUTZ, JONATHAN.

Keraithi Uplaithi [on Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah]

<<FIRST EDITION>> . <<Signature of R. Mendel Zamst on title-page>> . Scholarly marginalia. ff. (3), 35,165. Some stains in places, lower corner of title torn. Later boards. Folio. Vinograd, Altona 76

Altona: n.p. 1763

Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $600
Two halachic works by Jonathan Eybeschuetz have secured his place as a master Talmudist: The Tumim on Choshen Mishpat and the Plaithi on Yoreh De’ah. The aspersions Jacob Emden cast upon Eybeschuetz’s reputation have made no dent in the esteem in which R. Jonathan is held in the Talmudic academies, this work is utilized by all aspiring Rabbinical candidates to this day. R. Mendel Zamst was the Rosh Beth Din of Frankfurt (d. 1815) during the time of R. Pinchas Horowitz. See M. Horovitz, Frankfurter Rabbinen (1972) Nispach II p. 28, no. 4810 and Nispach III p.46 (1815) for a copy of his tombstone and the entry in the Yizkor Book describing the Rabbi’s greatness and scholarshi