Pair of Sifrei HaMahari”t – Rabbi Yosef ben Moshe of Trani. First editions. Bound together with separate title pages. Owner’s signatures (twice): The gaon Rabbi “Eliyahu Enav, ” Av Beit Din of Constantinople, with many handwritten scholarly glosses, some of which are especially lengthy.
* Second book of She’elot U’Teshuvot by Rabbi Moshe of Trani, z”l. First edition. Venice, 1645.
Divided into three parts with separate title pages. First part: Sefer Sheni MiShe’elot U’Teshuvot . Second part: She’elot U’Teshuvot L’Tur Yoreh Deah . Third part: She’elot U’Teshuvot L’Tur Even HaEzer . Without the part on Choshen Mishpat.
Along the entire length of the book, there are many glosses, some of which are lengthy, in Oriental script (in two different styles). Likewise, there are two places in the books with owner’s signatures, also in an antique Oriental script: “Eliyahu Enav.”
Chacham Eliyahu Enav [d. 1832], was a chief rabbi of Constantinople, dayan and rosh yeshivah. He was a disciple of Rabbi Eliyahu Palombo. Chacham Eliyahu Enav authored the book Davar Eliyahu , which was printed together with Mishnat Rabi Eliezer by his disciple Rabbi Eliezer de Toledo.
[2], 7, [1]; [1], 56, [1]; [1], 61 [should be: 71], [1] leaf. Without the part on Choshen Mishpat. High-quality paper. Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod 297.
Fine condition: Aging and damp stains. Minimal worming perforations. Tears with professional text completion for the title page and the following leaf. Semi-leather binding with marbleized paper.
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* Chiddushei Gemara L’HaRav R’ Yosef ben R’ Moshe MiTrani zlh”h . First edition. Venice, 1645. Incomplete copy; until leaf 59.