Toldoth Aharon [Biblical concordance to the Talmud]. Third edition. Appended: Sasportas, Jacob. Toldoth Ya'akov [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 (c.1610-1698), 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 Jerusalem Talmud. Sasportas would latter gain fame as the indefatigable foe of pseudo-Messiah Shabbethai Tzvi. See EJ, Vol. XIV, cols. 893-4