Emeth Ve'Emunah [Code of Jewish Law]

Arobas, Isaac

Ambrosino-Bragadin

Venice

1672

Hebrew and Italian face-`a-face. Title within typographic border. One divisional title within typographic border prior to final section (Hilchoth Yom Tov).

Vinograd, Venice 1393

The author, Isaac, son of Hananiah Arobas, “Justice and Leader of Communities of the Maghreb [Morocco],” sought to present the basic texts of Judaism as composed by Maimonides and Joseph Karo in both Hebrew and the vernacular, for the benefit of the Jews of Italy. To this end, he gathered here a digest comprising the Thirteen Principles of Faith from Maimonides’ commentary to the Mishnah Sanhedrin; Maimonides’ Sepher HaMitzvoth and a popularized version of Karo’s Shulchan Aruch. Thus, the layman is provided with the rudiments of Judaism, both dogmatic and practical. The book is prefaced with a laudatory poem by the Italian kabbalist Moses Zacuto. On the final leaf there is a recommendation by Solomon Chai Saraval, Chief Rabbi of Venice