Lechem Rav [novellae and commentary to Shulchan Aruch].

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $1,500

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author

SHMUEL BEN JOSEPH JOSKE OF LUBLIN.

printer

Judah Leib and Azriel sons of Moshe Sidel

Place

Prague

Publication

1608

Description

ONLY EDITION. With approbation of the Mahara’l of Prague.

references

Vinograd, Prague 175.

summary

Samuel ben Joseph of Lublin served as the rabbi of Jung Bunzlau (Mlada Boleslav) just north of Prague. This was the only work of his to be published, and reflects the increasing Ashkenazic acceptance of R. Yoseph Karo’s and R. Moshe Isserles’ codification of Halachah. Notably, the Maharal’s own brother was a fierce critic of this process. See M. Heller, The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book, pp. 212-13.

ff. 66. Heavily browned, final three leaves remargined closely affecting headnote. Modern morocco. Sm. 4to.

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