Sepher Halachoth Rav Alfas, Nashim. Vol. II only (of 3).

(YEHOSHUA BOAZ BEN SHIMON BARUCH).

Daniel Bomberg

Venice

1522

With Nimukei Yoseph, Mordechai and commentaries. EXTENSIVE SCHOLARLY MARGINALIA LIKELY IN THE HAND OF R. YEHOSHUA BOAZ, AUTHOR OF EIN MISHPAT

Vinograd, Venice 34.

The Ri”F is the most significant Halachic compendium prior to the Yad HaChazakah of Maimonides. R. Joseph Karo regarded R. Alfasi’s scholarship with the utmost respect and determined the laws in his Shulchan Aruch upon his authority. Prominent Talmudist R. Joshua Boaz (the “Shiltei Giborim,” d. 1557) was a Spanish exile from Catalonia who lived in Sabbioneta, and later Savigliano. His works on the Talmud including Ein Mishpat, Ner Mitzvah, Torah Ohr as well as the lengthy Shiltei HaGibborim all display vast erudition. The marginalia in this volume are the autograph notes of the Ein Mishpat. The Ein Mishpat cross-references the Halachic decisions of three Codes: Ramba’m, Sma’g and Tur, which historically represent the three major locales of Jewish Halachic tradition: Spain, France and Germany.