Bidspirit auction | HAGIZ, YA’AKOV. Halachoth Ketanoth [responsa,

HAGIZ, YA’AKOV. Halachoth Ketanoth [responsa, including Shemoth Gittin (a list of proper names as required in a Bill of Divorce)]. FIRST EDITION. With stamp of R. Hayyim, son of R. Menashe Sutton of Aleppo. ff. (4), 71, (9). Modern boards. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Venice 1545. Venice, Alvise Bragadin, 1704. Known for its succinct style and clarity, this work of responsa “yields the most insight into the life of Jacob Hagiz… From its pages one can catch glimpses into his personality, his relationships with his disciples, and the scope of the activities of his yeshiva.” See E. Carlebach, The Pursuit of Heresy: Rabbi Moses Hagiz and the Sabbatian Controversies (1990) pp. 26-29. Halachoth Ketanoth was issued by the Author’s son, R. Moshe Hagiz - famous for his dogged pursuit of crypto-Sabbatians.