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LOT 2:
Avodas HaLevi on the 613 Mitzvos According to the Rambam. Venice 1546.
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Item Overview
Description:
Sefer Avodas HaLevi, a sefer listing the 613 mitzvos according to the order of the parshiyos in the Torah, following the opinion of the Rambam, with references to other sefarim that cite these mitzvos, by Rabbi Shlomo ben Eliezer HaLevi.
Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani, 1546.
The references point to Mishnayos, Midrashim, and to the early Rishonim, including the Rambam himself, Sefer Mitzvos Gadol (Semag), Sefer Mitzvos Katan (Semak – Amudei Gola), the Tur, Sefer Adam VeChava and Meisharim, Kol Bo, Rokeach, Agur, and occasional mentions of the Rif.
The sefer was first printed in Constantinople around 1515. The present edition is an enhanced one, with editorial additions such as the count of mitzvos at the beginning of each parsha.
"You should make signs for the Torah so it should not be forgotten from your mouth, and let this be in your hand to restore your soul" (words of the author at the end of the sefer).
The author writes some words about himself at the end of the sefer, from which all known biographical information is drawn. He composed the sefer around the age of twenty, and, being a wanderer, hastened to print it for the benefit of the public. Following that, a poem of his was printed.
On the last page are three interesting antique inscriptions:"As a memorial for a destitute pauper, and I go, I, the servant of the King s''t"
Antique signature: "Acquired with my money in the days of my youth, the young Yeshua Kalif HaLevi s''t."
28 Leaves. 20.5 Cm.
Overall Great Condition, few stains, marginal tears to last few pages, later half leather binding slightly rubbed.
