Sha’arei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentary Mevo She’arim and comments of the MaHaRSHA”L plus notes by R. Mordechai Jaffe and additional material by R. Moshe Auerbach of Mehzritch.
AUCTION 60 |
Thursday, November 14th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 174
ISAAC BEN MEIR OF DÜREN.
Sha’arei Dura [Rabbinic Code]. With commentary Mevo She’arim and comments of the MaHaRSHA”L plus notes by R. Mordechai Jaffe and additional material by R. Moshe Auerbach of Mehzritch.
Zaslav (Izyaslav): Eliezer b. Yaakov Rublinker and David b. Moshe 1807
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $600
Rare. Only six books were published in Zaslav, a small town in Volhynia (present-day Ukraine). Isaac of Duran (second half of 13th century) was a preeminent German halachic authority. His Sha’arei Dura is codified upon the traditions of both Germany and France and became the basis of halacha for these parts. The extensive commentary Mevo Shearim includes the customs of Poland and Russia. On R. Nathan ben Shimshon Shapiro (the grandfather of his more famous namesake, the author of Megaleh Amukoth) and his commentary Mevo She’arim, see the comprehensive monograph by E. Katzman, Toldoth HaMegaleh Amukoth in: Yeshurun, Vol. 13 pp. 617-700 and Vol. 14 pp. 935-64).