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Sefer Yesod: Toras HaBayis HaKatzar by the Rashba First edition. Cremona, 1565. Bound with Sefer Avodas HaLevi – Venice, 1546 * Two sefarim bound together for more than four hundred years: 1 . Toras HaBayis, laws and halachic rulings by the Rashba. Cremona, 1565. A sefer yesod, cited endlessly in the writings of the poskim. As is well known, the Rashba composed his work Toras HaBayis in two versions: one concise version, intended for practical halacha, and a second, expanded version, written at length and in depth. Presented here is Toras HaBayis HaKatzar, printed here for the first time. Toras HaBayis HaAroch was printed many decades later (Prague 1608), and the Beis Yosef noted that the Tur had not seen the longer version of Toras HaBayis, but only the shorter one. Rabbeinu Shlomo ibn Aderes, the Rashba (c. 1235–1310), was one of the greatest spiritual luminaries in the era of the Sephardic Rishonim. He was a talmid of Rabbeinu Yonah and the Ramban. Rabbi Yosef Karo wrote of him, “A pillar of the world; through his eyes, we see light” (Beis Yosef, Yoreh Deah Ch. 110). The Maggid Meisharim of the Beis Yosef, sent from Heaven, refers to him as “Hashem’s chosen one.” Cremona, 1565. First edition. Page Count: 72 leaves. Bibliography: Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod, no. 238. 2. Avodas HaLevi, containing a listing of the 613 mitzvos according to the method of the Rambam, arranged following the order of the parshiyos of the Torah, with references to the sefarim that record these mitzvos, by Rabbi Shlomo ben Rabbi Eliezer HaLevi. Venice, 1546. The references point to Mishnayos, Midrashim, and to the works of the Rishonim: the Rambam himself, the Smag, the Smak (Amudei Golah), Sefer HaTurim, Sefer Adam veChavah uMeisharim, Kol Bo, the Rokeach, the Agur, and also, to a limited extent, the Rif. The sefer was first printed in Constantinople around 1515; here it appears in a more beautiful edition, with new editorial additions (including, at the beginning of each parsha, a count of the mitzvos appearing therein, and more). At the end of the sefer, the author writes some words about himself, and these are the scant biographical details known about him. He composed the work when he was about twenty years old, and being someone who wandered from place to place, he hastened to print it for the benefit of the public. Subsequently, one of his poems was also printed. Venice, 1546. Page Count: 28 leaves. — — — — — — — — — — — — A total of two sefarim, bound together in an antique leather binding (damaged). At the front of the volume is a leaf bearing an illustrated title inscription that includes the name of the owner: “Moshe ben Menachem, z”l, ” along with the titles of the two sefarim contained therein. Size : 21 cm. Condition : Good, with numerous stains, primarily at the lower margins of the leaves.