Bidspirit auction | TUMAS YESHARIM. FIRST EDITION VENICE1622.
TUMAS YESHARIM. FIRST EDITION VENICE1622. SIGNATURES OF R. SHMUEL HELLER OF TZFAS. - Compendium of four Halachic works, edited by R. Binyomin Mutal. All first editions. • Ohalei Tam, Halachic responsa of Rabbeinu Tam Ibn Yichyeh. • Derech Tamim on the RI”F, by R. Betzalel Ashkenazi (Shitta Mekubetzes) and the Arizal. • Tmim De’im, Halachic responsa of by R. Avrohom Ben Dovid (RAaVa”D). • Kelollei Shmuel on the Talmud by R. Shmuel Ibn Siril’v followed by Hago’os on the Sifra. Although all are first editions, the various authors lived in different centuries. The author of Ohalei Tam, Rabbeinu Tam Ibn Yichyeh (not to be confused with the Tosafist Rabbeinu Tam) was one of R. Eliyahu Mizrachi’s principal students and lived in the 16th century. He was a son of R. Dovid Ibn Yichyeh (Lshon Limudim) and a contemporary of R. Bezalel Ashkenazi and the Arizal. The RAaVaD of Posquieres, (author of the critical glosses on The RaMBaM), lived in the 12th century. Many of his smaller treatises and responsa covering a wide range of subjects are included in this collection under the title “Tmim De’im.” His glosses on the RI”F, published here for the first time were later incorporated in the standard editions of the RI”F. R. Shmuel Ibn Siril’v, was a son-in-law of R. Yitzchok Abuav. He was exiled from Spain in 1492 and later settled in Egypt. He is widely cited in the responsa of the MaHaRaM Alshakar, MaHaRI Bei-Rav and in Midrash Shmuel on Pirkei Avos. R. Shmuel Heller (died 1884) was born in Poland and was a disciple of various great Chasidic Rebbes. In 1817 he emigrated to Eretz Yisroel settling in Tzfas. He was the leader of Chasidic community in Tzfas and was highly regarded as great Talmid Chochom and distinguished leader. Ancestor of the Rebbes of Toldos Aaron and Toldos Avraham Yitzchok. Colleoni for Bragadin press. 114, 120, 94, 66 pages. 27.6 cm. Overall fine/fair condition. Water stains and wear. Closely shaved affecting some headers. Modern binding, leather spine.