(The “Chavoth Yair”). Jeshurun, Isaac ben Abraham Chaim. Panim Chadashoth [Index to responsa literature].

Estimate

$500–$700

Hammer price

$2,750

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author

(Bacharach, Yair Chaim)

printer

Vendramin

Place

Venice

Publication

1651

Description

FIRST EDITION. On title, signatures of former owners: R. YAIR CHAIM BACHRACH (the Chavoth Yair) and R. TEVELE SCHEUER and stamps of Ben Zion the son of R. Yaakov Ettlinger and Yivo.

references

Vinograd, Venice 1298

summary

Yair Chaim Bacharach (1638-1702), was an outstanding German scholar with an extensive knowledge of the sciences and kabbalah. He is known for his systematic approach to Talmudic literature and Halacha based on his exhaustive knowledge of all branches of Jewish scholarship. For an extensive treatment of his life and works, see D. Kaufman, Jair Hayyim Bachrach und seine Ahren (Treves, 1894); an English version appears in JQR Vol. III (1891) pp. 292-313, 485-536. See also S. Weiner, Daath Kedoshim (St. Petersburg, 1896) p. 217. R. Tevele Scheuer (1711-1783) served as a Dayan in Frankfurt and later as Rabbi of Bamberg and Mainz. See M. Horovitz, Frankfurter Rabbinen (1972) pp. 322-23; N.Z. Friedmann, Otzar Harabanim no. 5136.

ff. (4),159. Marginal repairs, few stains, Contemporary boards, rubbed. 8vo

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