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Halichot Olam. Venice, 1545. -Darkei HaGemara. Mantua, 1593. - 1. Sefer Halichot Olam, on the methods of the Mishnah and the Talmud, arranged according to the Thirteen Hermeneutical Principles, by Rabbi Yeshua HaLevi of Tlemcen. With Mevo HaTalmud attributed to Rabbi Shmuel HaNagid. Venice, 1545. The author, Rabbi Yeshua HaLevi, was among the early sages of Algeria. In the introduction to the present work he relates that he fled to Spain in 1467 and settled in Toledo, where he composed this work (at the request of the Nasi Don Vidal ben Lavi). The work became a foundational composition in the literature dealing with the methodological rules of the Talmud. Mevo HaTalmud, printed at the end of the sefer, is mistakenly attributed on the title page to Rabbi Shmuel HaNagid. On the identity of its true author see: M. Margaliot, Hilchot HaNagid, Jerusalem 1962, pp. 68–73; S. Abramson, “MiTorato Shel Rav Shmuel HaNagid MiSefarad, ” Sinai, vol. 100 (1987), pp. 22–23. Colophon on the final page: “And its completion was on the eve of the Festival of Sukkot, the year 1545 here in Venice… in the workshop of the craftsmen Messer Zuanne di Fari and his brother… and through the efforts of the proofreader Cornelio son of Rabbi Baruch Adil Kind, may his Rock preserve him, and through the endeavors of Yehuda son of our teacher Rabbi Yitzchak of the House of HaLevi [Kolfa], together with his partner Yechiel son of Rabbi Yekutiel HaKohen [Rafa].” 37, [1] leaves. 2 . Sefer Darkei HaGemara, by Rabbi Yitzchak Kanpenton. Mantua, [1593]. Second edition. Published by Yitzchak and Shlomo, sons of Rabbi Shmuel Manorci. This is the second edition of the work, based on the first edition, which was printed in Venice, 1555, under the title Darkhei HaTalmud. An early signature of Rabbi Shlomo ben Rabbi Moshe Latash. 12 Leaves. 18.6 cm.