Omek Halacha [elucidations on the laws pertaining to Kilayim, Eruvin, etc.].

KOPPELMAN, JACOB BEN SAMUEL BUNIM

Jacob Aleris Soto

Amsterdam

1710

Second edition. Numerous woodcut illustrations and mathematical and astronomical charts, diagrams and symbols. Including woodcut illustration of the Temple Candelabra on verso of f.32 and of the High Priest’s vestiments on verso of final unnumbered leaf. Printers device on title. N.H. Van Biema plate

Vinograd, Amsterdam 920

Born in the Baden town of Freiburg im Breisgau, the Talmudic scholar Jacob ben Samuel Bunim Koppelman, was distinguished for his broad knowledge of secular sciences. A child prodigy, and student of Mordechai Jaffe, Koppelman studied mathematics and astrology in addition to intense occupation with traditional Jewish learning. In Omek Halacha he discusses the talmudic references to mathematics, botany, engineering and geography; establishes the weights and measures of the Talmud and draws the site of the Temple, the Candelabrum and the Table of Showbread, all with the aid of vivid and vibrant diagrams and models.