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Classics: First Edition Sha"ch on Choshen Mishpat; Amsterdam, 1663 Sefer Sifsei Kohen

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Classics: First Edition Sha"ch on Choshen Mishpat; Amsterdam, 1663

Sefer Sifsei Kohen including novellae and explanations in practical Halacha on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, authored by Rabbi Shabtai Katz, known as the Sha"ch.

This first edition was published in Amsterdam, 1663, by the Sha"ch’s son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Manesh.

Before his passing, the Sha"ch commanded his son-in-law to publish his sefer. When the publishing was delayed due to financial constraints, the Sha"ch appeared to Rabbi Menachem in a dream, asking why he had not yet kept his promise. Rabbi Menachem recounts the details of this dream in his introduction to the sefer.

Endorsements from the Rabbis of Poland who had communed in Germany in 1653, during the lifetime of the Sha"ch, can be found following the title page. These endorsements are headed by Rabbi Heschel of Krakow, the Sha"ch’s Rabbi, and Rabbi Yona Te’omim, author of Kikayon D’Yona. There are additional endorsements as well from Rabbi Sheftel, son of the Shla"h, the Vi HaAmudim, Avodas HaGershuni and Birchas HaZevach.

On page 2b there is a poem written by the author in the shape of a star.

Stefansky , Hebrew Classics 162

2, 337 leaves | 31 cm | New leather binding | Slightly worn, marginal professional restorations on first eight and final ten pages | Otherwise good condition

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