Fundamental Sefer
Terumas HaDeshen
Bomberg Press.
First Edition
Venice, 1519
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Distinguished provenance.
Teshuvos, halachic rulings and writings of Rabbi Yisrael Isserlein, one of the great Ashkenazic Rishonim.
Rabbi Yisrael Isserlein (1390-1460), author of Terumas Hadeshen, was one of the great Ashkenazic Rishonim, and one of the last of his era. He had a close relationship with the Maharil, Mahariv, and Maharam of Mintz, who all held him in the highest esteem.
Terumas Hadeshen is one of the foundational halachic works, both Rabbi Yosef Karo’s Shulchan Aruch, as well as the Rama’s glosses on the Shulchan Aruch base many of their halachic rulings on the opinion of the Terumas Hadeshen.
The work includes two volumes:
Volume 1: Terumas Hadeshen which includes 354 teshuvos (354 is the gematria of ‘deshen’.)
Volume 2: Psakim U’Ksuvim which includes teshuvos in practical halachah.
The Achronim point out a fundamental difference with practical ramifications between the two volumes. The first volume is composed of the author’s own hypothetical questions, while the second volume is composed of practical halachic responses to queries posed to Rabbi Yisrael Isserlein and therefore carry greater authoritative weight. (see Shulchan Aruch Yoreh 196:20; and Shem Hagedolim; Letter yud; 402).
Each volume was published separately with its own title page; here both volumes are bound together. They are completely intact including all title pages and indices.
This book in such excellent condition is extremely rare.
Distinguished copy with owner’s signatures and marginalia.
1) Autograph of the kabbalist
Rabbi Avraham Rovigo (circa 1650- 1713) appears on title page of volume 1. Rabbi Rovigo was a disciple of the Ramaz and one of Italy’s great kabbalists. He relocated to Yerushalayim in his old age where he established a yeshivah for the study of kabbalah.
2) A lengthy note of Rabbi Yishmael Hakohen of Modena (1723-1811) appears on leaf 39b of Volume 1 along with his autograph. He was one of the great Torah giants of Italy and the author of Shu”t Zera Emes.
Venice, 1519. Daniel Bomberg Press. First Edition.
Terumas HaDeshen: [132] leaves.
Psakim U’Ksuvim: [53] leaves. Page size: 25 cm. restoration of margins on some pages, including the title page. Few pages with minor holes. New leather binding.
Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod # 274, 275
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