She'eloth u-Teshuvoth [320 responsa]

Estimate

$300–$500

Hammer price

$250

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author

ALFASI, ISAAC.

printer

Abraham Isaac Castillo and Eliezer Sa'adoun

Place

Livorno

Publication

1781

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographic border. Additional Italian approbation of Parnassim of Livorno. Broad margins.

references

Vinograd, Leghorn 170

summary

The book bears the Approbations of the Beth Din of Livorno (Rabbis David Mal'ach, Abraham Isaac Castillo and Jacob Bondi), as well as Rabbi Chaim Joseph David Azulai (ChID"A), and the two Rabbis of Modena, David Cohen and Ishmael Cohen. In his Haskamah, Azulai, a sojourner in Livorno from Jerusalem, quotes R. Isaac of Dampierre to the effect that there is no doubt that the Holy Spirit (ru'ach ha-kodesh) rested on R. Isaac Alfasi. In addition, Azulai cites a dream-communication found in the "She'eloth u-Teshuvoth min ha-Shamayim" of R. Jacob of Marvege equally laudatory. In his bibliography, Shem ha-Gedolim, Azulai mentions the recently published edition of She'eloth u-Teshuvoth ha-RI"F, which he had previously seen in manuscript (see Shem ha-Gedolim, I, I-287)

ff. (4), 53. Waterstained, marginal worming. Small hole in text of f.2. Contemporary marbled boards. 4to

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