Toldoth Aaron [Biblical concordance to the Talmud]. Third edition. * Sasportas, Jacob. Toldoth Jacob [supplement providing references to Jerusalem Talmud]. FIRST EDITION. Two works in one (as issued)

PESARO, AARON

Samuel Ben Israel Soeiro

Amsterdam

1652

Vinograd, Amsterdam 205, 206; Fuks 191

In his introduction, R. Jacob Sasportas, a native of Oran, Algeria, bemoans the fate that forced him to take up the wanderer’s staff. On a brighter note, he expresses gratitude to Menasseh ben Israel who agreed to his suggestion to include in the present edition of Pesaro’s Toldoth Aaron, Sasportas’ supplement Toldoth Jacob, which provides valuable references to the vast sea of the Jerusalem Talmud. In 1651 the printing office was taken over by Menasseh’s elder son Samuel Ben Israel Soeiro. See Fuks, p. 110