Tosafoth Yom HaKipurim [Talmudic novellae]

<<AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT>> comprising commentary to the final chapter of Tractate Yoma focusing on the five prohibited pleasures of Yom Kippur, as well as the laws of repentance. It begins on folio 85 of the Tractate. This commentary was first published in Constantinople 1727, together with Kapoth Temarim (on a chapter in Trac. Sukah) and Yom Teru’ah (on a chapter in Trac. Rosh Hashanah). Tosafoth Yom HaKipurim is broadly regarded as being the most popular of all, on this section of the Talmud. Born in Salonika, R. Moshe ibn Habib (1654-96) stemmed from an illustrious rabbinic family (R. Yoseph ibn Habib was author of Nemukei Yoseph on Alfasi; R. Ya’akov ibn Habib was author of Ein Ya’akov). He came to Jerusalem as a young teenager and studied under R. Ya’akov Hagiz, eventually became his son-in-law. Recognized as a Torah scholar of the first rank by such luminaries as R. Hizkiyah di Silva and R. Ephraim Navon, R. Moshe ibn Habib subsequently succeeded R. Moshe Galante as Chief Rabbi of Jerusale