Mate Binyamin / Imrei Binah [commentary to the 613 precepts]

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $6,000

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author

ASCHKENAZI, BENJAMIN

Place

Germany?

Publication

18th century

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Aschkenazic hand on paper.

summary

UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of an extensive and elaborate commentary on the Taryag Mitzvoth, interspersed with kabbalistic comments. The author is unknown although he cites well-known rabbinic figures as being his relatives, such as R. Yaakov Poppers and the Maharal of Prague (see p. 192a and p. 203b).

ff. 250. Light wear. Contemporary roan over thick wooden boards, rubbed. Lg. folio.

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