Chukath HaPesach. With commentary

(HAGADAH)

Joseph Ya'avetz

Salonika

1569

FIRST EDITION. On title, Ya'avetz florets. Instructions in Judeo-Español

Vinograd, Salonica 83; Ya'ari, 22; Yudlov, 27; Yerushalmi, pl. 32

A fine wide-margined copy of an exceptionally rare edition. The author was a self-appointed emissary from Safed who wandered around the Balkans, publishing in Constantinople in 1567 two works, one Ner Mitzvah, a commentary on ibn Gabirol's Azharoth for Shavu'oth, the other Yesha Elokim, an exposition on the Hoshanoth. He was killed in 1573 by Turkish brigands near the Greek city of Arta. (See EJ, Vol. XIII, col. 328; Ya'ari, Shluchei Eretz Israel (1977), pp. 236, 889). Two commentaries wrap around the text of this Hagadah: RaMa”P (R. Moses Pesante) and RaSHa”B (R. Solomon Baruch, Pesante's co-author). Pesante makes extensive use of the medieval commentaries of Rabbeinu Isaiah, and of the two brothers R. Zedekiah and R. Benjamin Anav found in Shibolei HaLeket. See M.M. Kasher, Haggadah Sheleimah (1955), Introduction, pp. 208-209, no. 68; S.K. Mirsky, Shibolei HaLeket HaShalem (1966), Introduction, pp. 46-48