Toldoth Adam ve-Chavah. Sepher Meisharim [Rabbinic code]. Parts I and II bound in one volume

YERUCHAM BEN MESHULAM OF PROVENCE.

[ibn Nachmias]

Constantinople

1516

FIRST EDITION. Title within floriated woodcut. First word ("sepher") white letters within individual floriated vignettes. Text, Rashi type printed in double columns. Owners' inscriptions on title in Hebrew (illegible). Wide-margined copy

Vinograd, Const. 83; Yaari, Const. 50; not in Adams

An important legal codex, greatly relied upon by the Beith Yoseph. The legal decisions of Rabbeinu Yerucham continue to play a major part in the development of Halacha. A native of Provence, Rabbeinu Yerucham was exiled from France in the Expulsion of 1306. He eventually settled in Toledo, where he studied under R. Asher ben Yechiel (Ro”sh). In his Code, Rabbeinu Yerucham quotes the opinions of French, Provencal and Spanish authorities, as well as recording for posterity the customs of those communities. The part of the work entitled Meisharim, deals with civil law; the other part, Adam VeChavah focuses upon life-cycles and ritual law.