Arbol de Vidas, en el qual se contienen los Dinim mas necessarios que deve observar todo Yisrael [“Tree of Life, in which are Contained the Most Necessary Laws that every Jew must Observe.”]
AUCTION 68 |
Thursday, April 07th,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 318
VAEZ, ABRAHAM.
Arbol de Vidas, en el qual se contienen los Dinim mas necessarios que deve observar todo Yisrael [“Tree of Life, in which are Contained the Most Necessary Laws that every Jew must Observe.”]
(Amsterdam): n.p. 1692
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
The author was Haham of the Spanish-Portuguese Congregation Nephusot Yehudah of Bayonne, France. This compact presentation of Jewish laws in the Spanish language would have been welcomed by a community intent on seeking to reacquaint itself to practicing traditional Judaism, but not having the tools to study the traditional Hebrew texts.