(Responsa).

IBN HABIB, MOSHE BEN SHLOMO.

Salonika – Jerusalem

17th century

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in various semi-cursive Sephardic hands on paper. Here bound in six volumes.

Autograph responsa by R. Moshe ibn Habib, along with other great Sephardic scholars, bound here in six volumes. Comprising: * Vol. 1. [5 ff]. Responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib. Autograph manuscript (not signed). * WITH: R. Abraham ben Mordechai Halevi. Responsa (found in Ginath Veradim). Autograph, signed. * Vol. 2. [12 ff]. A long responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib regarding Nezirath Shimshon. Autograph, signed. * WITH: Responsa of R. Abraham ben Mordechai Halevi on the same question. Manuscript, signed. * Vol. 3. [14 ff]. Responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib. Autograph (lacking beginning and end). * WITH: Responsas from R. Abraham Amigo Autograph. * Vol. 4. [10 ff]. Responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib. Autograph, signed. * Vol. 5. [11 ff]. Responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib. Autograph. * WITH: Responsa of R. Abraham ben Mordechai Halevi. Manuscript, signed. * Vol. 6. [16 ff.] Responsa of R. Moshe ibn Habib. Manuscript, with autograph annotations. * WITH: R. Yisrael Yaakov Algazi. Autograph, signed. Born in Salonika, R. Moshe ibn Habib (1654-96) stemmed from an illustrious rabbinic family (R. Yoseph ibn Habib – author of Nemukei Yoseph on Alfasi; R. Ya’akov ibn Habib – author of Ein Ya’akov). R. Moshe came to Jerusalem at the age of 15 and studied under R. Ya’akov Hagiz, eventually became his son-in-law. He was recognized as a Torah scholar of the first rank by such luminaries as R. Hizkiyah di Silva and R. Ephraim Navon. Subsequently R. Moshe succeeded R. Moshe Galante as Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem.