She'eloth U’Teshuvoth [responsa]. Published by the author's son JEDIDIAH GALANTE, with his novellae to several Talmudic Tractates. Includes novellae of R. Isaac Aboab to Beitzah, RaN to Shavu'oth, and RITBA to Bava Metzi'a

GALANTE, MOSES

Giovanni di Gara

Venice

1608

FIRST EDITION of R. Isaac Aboab's novellae to Beitzah. Title within woodcut architectural border. Tailpiece on f.66r. On title, signature of former owner, "Reuben ben Shelomo Amarillo" (see below). Scattered marginalia

Vinograd, Venice 1044; Habermann, di Gara 258

R. Moses ben Mordechai Galante was a disciple of R. Moses Cordovero in Safed and one of the select few ordained by R. Jacob Berab at the time of the historic revival of the ancient Semicha (ordination). The Author was the grandfather of R. Moses ben Jonathan Galante (1621-1689) of Safed and later Jerusalem, who in turn was the maternal grandfather of Rabbi Moses Hagiz. See E. Carlebach, The Pursuit of Heresy (1990), pp. 29-31. The novellae of R. Isaac Aboab to Tractate Beitzah were penned by Isaac Aboab II (1433-1493), "the last Gaon of Castille" (EJ, Vol. II, col. 93). The novellae to Bava Metzi'a were mis-attributed to RITBA (EJ, Vol. XVI, col. 848). R. Shelomo Amarillo (1650-1721) was a prominent Salonikan rabbi, famed for his sermonic ability and author of the homiletic work P'nei Shelomo (Salonika 1717) and the halachic responsa Kerem Shelomo (Salonika 1719). See N.Z. Friedmann, Otzar Harabanim 18366