Piskei Halachoth [Rabbinic law]

RECANTI, MENACHEM

The (Silk) Partners

Bologna

1538

First Edition

Vinograd, Bologna 12; Mehlman 787; Adams

The author was one of the foremost Italian Kabbalists and Halachic authorities of the13th century. For a full appreciation of the importance of the author, see M. Idel, R. Menahem Recanati, Hamekubal (1998) pp. 79-80 quoting Prof. Y. Ta-Shema concerning otherwise unknown scholars cited by Recanti. Later editions of the Piskei Halachoth have been heavily censored, lacking entire chapters. See Y. Lipschitz, Piskei Hilchot Recanti in: Moriah,vol. 8 nos.6-7 (1979) pp.2-9, who compares all editions and notes the most prevalent edition, republished several times, with commentary of R. Moses Bezalel Luria is based on later incomplete editions and not on this first edition of 1538. The majority of the censored material pertains to Gentiles or Jews who have converted to Christianity