Bidspirit auction | Over LaSocher, On the Science

Over LaSocher, On the Science of Arithmetic and Numbers. Venice 1627. Only Rare Edition--Copy of R. Moshe Chalfan Lifshitz, Disciple of the Maggid of Kozhnitz & the Chozeh of Lublin, Father in law of the ”Chidushei HaRim” & of the Holy Rebbe of Kotzk. - Sefer Over LaSocher, on the science of numbers and arithmetic, by Rabbi Menachem Tzion Port Cohen Rapa. The title was taken from the biblical episode of Abraham and Ephron, and it is a fitting name for a rabbinic Venetian work on arithmetic. Only Edition. Venice, 1627. Printed by Alvise and Lorenzo Bragadini. Rare! One of the earliest works on arithmetic in Hebrew, composed by one of the rabbis of Italy. The entire work is printed in Rashi script, except for the introduction. After the title page is a poem promoting the sefer. In his introduction, the author discusses the importance of learning arithmetic and cites the words of Rabbi Elijah Mizrachi (the Ra’em) in his Sefer HaMispar (Constantinople, 1533). Includes tables and diagrams for performing calculations. Numbers are represented by Hebrew letters, except for the digit 0. On the tile page & last page stamps of Rabbi ”Moshe Chalfin”. Rabbi Moshe Chalfan Lifshitz (died Cheshvan 1830), a leader and influential person in the Warsaw community, father in law of the first Rebbe of Gur, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, author of ”Chidushei HaRim” and of Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. The sefer ”Siach Sarfei Kodesh” brings many stories about Rabbi Moshe's great holiness. He was a disciple of the Maggid of Kozhnitz and the Chozeh of Lublin who were involved in the match with his son in law author of Chidushei HaRim. 22 Leaves. 19.5 Cm.