Auction 7 Important Judaica: Hebrew Books, Manuscripts & Letters, Jewish Art.
By TAJ-Art
Feb 28, 2023
16 Betzalel st. Jerusalem 94591, Israel
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LOT 39:

Sefer HaIttur by Rabbi Yitzchak Mari of Marseilles. Venice, 1608. First Edition. Signatures.

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Sefer HaIttur by Rabbi Yitzchak Mari of Marseilles. Venice, 1608. First Edition. Signatures.

Halacha book authored by a 12th Century Halachic authority, who lived in Marseilles, France. Rabbi Mari was one of the leading Halachic authorities in the Provence region, expert in monetary laws, Kiddushin, Gittin and Ketuvot. This important composition mentions different sages’ opinions, and is oft quoted in the Shulchan Aruch.


Signatures of:
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Loewy Baharan of Jerusalem, (1836-1910), one of the Yishuv HaYashan of Jerusalem’s Rabbis and activists.
Yehuda Menachem Baum of Tel Aviv who writes that he received the book from his grandfather, Rabbi Nachum Bergman of Jerusalem.


Rabbi Yitzchak ben Abba Mari (1122-1193) was a Rabbi in Marseilles, Provence Region, France. Famed for his composition, HaIttur, and named Ba’al HaIttur due to this.

110 leaves.
Johann di Gara Press. Venice.
Moderate condition. Moth holes slightly affecting text. Damp stains.
Vinograd, Venice 1041.
Otzar Hasefer Computerized Database, No. 37660.
Found in collections of rare items in the National Library.

PLEASE NOTE: Item description was shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.


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