Chavatzeleth Hasharon [commentary to Book of Daniel, with text]

Steinschneider (Cat. Bodl. no. 180) records the imprint of this work book as Safed. Wiener (no. 3727), Roest (p. 221) and Zedner (p. 147) all follow suit. Thus on the basis that this is the earliest Safed imprint, one vcan that add further, it is indeed <<the first Hebrew book printed in Asia.>> Yaari (Const. no. 165) however feels this is a production from the Constantinople press of Solomon ben Isaac Yaavetz. The Chavatzeleth Hasharon was the first book published by Moses Alsheich, a significant personality among the illustrious denizens of 16th century Safed. Indeed he is one of the few outstanding scholars to have the appendage “Hakadosh” (The Holy) universally cited after his name. (Others are the Shela’h and the Ohr Hachaim).