[“Omnia in Eo:” compendium of Jewish Law]. (Attributed to Aaron HaKohen of Lunel).

KOL BO

Printer unknown

(Italy [Naples?])

(ca. 1490-1492)

Vinograd, Italy 5; Goff Heb-67; Offenberg 81; Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 555, no. 3589; Thes. A-94; Offenberg 81; Wineman Cat. 45; Iakerson 78.

The Kol Bo, written at the end of the 13th- or beginning of the 14th-century, contains almost 150 sections pertaining to: blessings, prayer, the synagogue, Sabbath, holidays, marriage, monetary matters, forbidden foods, visiting the sick, mourning etc. Also included is one of the earliest commentaries to the text of the Passover Hagadah. Kol Bo draws on the works of many halachic authorities, be they R. Eliezer b. Nathan, R. Peretz of Corbeil, or R. Baruch b. Isaac, author of Sepher HaTerumah. The confirmed identity of the author remains unknown. See Prof. S.Z. Havlin, EJ, Vol. X, cols. 1159-60.