Chazah HaTenufah [an abridgement of the responsa of the Ro’sh with a commentary]

MOSHE OF BRUSSELS.

Rabat

1807

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a rabbinic hand on paper. Title within elaborate floral frame.

This work was copied by Judah ben Meir Toledano with an introduction in a semi-cursive Sephardic hand. The author abridged the Teshuvoth HaRo’sh and commented on them, it is cited in the Beth Yoseph. A part of this work was published at the end of Chaim She’al (Chid’a), Lemberg, 1886. The final six leaves comprise novellae and responsa of Moroccan Rabbis including R. Ya’akov ibn Tzur and R. Samuel ibn Danon (ff.101-102). R. Moshe ben Moshe of Brussels was from the School of the Rosh as he writes in his introduction. (See Shem HaGedolim under Chazei Hatenufah who states that several new responsa of the Ro’sh were incorporated in this work that are not present in the standard edition of the Teshuvoth HaRo’sh).