CRESCAS VIDAL. Shitah al Masecheth Gitin.

(Berlin, Tzvi Hirsch).

Raphael Judah Kalei & Mordechai Nachman

Salonika

1758

First Edition. The R. Tzvi Hirsch Berlin copy with inscription on title stating the volume stemmed from his library. Formerly in the library of the London Beth Din (over which R. Berlin presided).

The Talmudic commentary traditionally attributed to R. Yom Tov Asevilli (Ritv”a) was actually most likely authored by his contemporary R. Crescas Vidal (c.1350) (see Peirush Ritva LeMesechet Gitin, Mossad Rav Kook, pp. 17-20). R. Tzvi Hirsch Berlin (1721-1800), a grandson of the Chacham Tzvi, served as chief rabbi England.