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ELAZAR BEN YEHUDAH OF WORMS. Sepher HaRoke’ach [ethics, rabbinic law and custom]. FIRST EDITION. ff. 109 (of 110, text complete, only lacking final blank). A Wide-Margined Copy. Variously stained, marginal paper repairs on first two and final leaves, previous owners marks on title and final leaf. Modern calf. Folio. Vinograd, Fano 12; Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod 234. Fano, (Gershom Soncino), 1505. The first Hebrew Book to be printed with a title page. Entitled “Rokeach” - whose numerical value equals that of the Author’s first name, Eleazar (=308). A disciple of R. Yehuda HeChasid, the Rhine-based Author (c. 1165-c. 1230) was a wide-ranging scholar with an oeuvre ranging from Halachah, Kabbalah, exegesis and piyut; he was the last major figure of the Chassidei Aschkenaz Movement. The present work follows the tradition of many of the works of the Ba’alei-Tosafot of France and Germany, geared toward educating the scholar in the specific details of Halachah as well as recommended Minhag and ritual.