Sepher Teshuvoth [responsa].

FANO, MENACHEM AZARIAH DA.

Daniel Zanetti

Venice

1600

FIRST EDITION. With the rare final three leaves containing corrections and index.

Vinograd, Venice 913.

Menachem Azariah of Fano was a well-regarded Kabbalist and Talmudist. Originally a follower of the Cordoverian School, his encounters with the mystic R. Yisrael Sarug convinced him to delve into the world of Lurianic Kabbalah. See Robert Bonfil, “Halakhah, Kabbalah and Society: Some Insights into Rabbi Menahem Azariah da Fano’s Inner World” in: Twersky & Septimus (eds.) Jewish Thought in the Seventeenth Century (1987).