SIMONOVSKY, LEVI ISAAC BEN ARYEH. Netivei Rashi ["Ways of Rashi": defense of Rashi against criticisms of Tosafoth]. Tractates Beitzah, Gitin, Bava Kama, Bava Metzi'a only.

(TALMUD).

Safed

1880

Autograph Hebrew Manuscript on paper, Aschkenazic cursive script. Stamps of "Abraham Jacob Denaburg, Jerusalem"

According to Friedberg (N-815), Netivei Rashi [plural] to several Talmud tractates was published in Vilna in 1888. Subsequently, there appeared in Jerusalem in 1895, Netiv Rashi [singular] to Tractate Shabbath only. We learn from ff. 2-3 of this manuscript, that originally the author intended to call his work "M'-Omek Rashi" [From the Depth of Rashi] - why he later opted for the title "Netivei Rashi" is unclear. Both titles allude by way of gematria to the Author's name and his father's name.