Kedushat Yom Tov Novella and response on Moses Maimonides Mishne Torah
Price: $950.00
- Bookseller: Historicana
- Seller Inventory #: 90
- Format: No binding
- Book condition: Fine
- Publisher: Israel Bak
- Place: Jerusalem
- Date published: 1843
Book Description
First Responsa Published in Jerusalem (JERUSALEM IMPRINT) Kedushat Yom Tov. Novella and response on Moses Maimonides Mishne Torah by Yom Tov Algazi. Jerusalem: Israel Bak, 1843. Lacking binding but text block and pages in Fine condition. Measures 11 1/4 inches in height, which is unusal for first books printed in Jerusalem. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST HEBREW BOOKS PRINTED IN JERUSALEM, AND ACCORDING TO THE SHOSHANA HALEVI BIBLIOGRAPHY THIS IS THE FIRST RESPONSA PUBLISHED IN JERUSALEM. Hebrew printing began in Jerusalem in 1841. “Responsa” refers to all written rulings made by rabbis under Jewish law, in response to questions submitted to them in writing, from the post-Talmudic period from the fifth or sixth century to the present day.
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