Sefer Leket HaKemach – halachic rulings by the renowned gaon Rabbi Moshe Chagiz. Two parts – Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah. Amsterdam, 1707. First edition. Printed in a small [pocket size] format.
First edition of this renowned halachic sefer which is an abbreviated work of responsa and novellae in dinim brought by poskim haAcharonim and manuscripts by gedolei hadorot . The composition was later printed in editions of the Shulchan Aruch.
“Kemach” is an abbreviation for “[Ha]Katan Moshe Chagiz” – the author called himself “HaMenia”ch” – “HaMelaket Moshe ibn Ya’akov Chagiz.” The sefer is adorned with approbations by Rabbi Shlomo di Oliveira of Amsterdam, Rabbi Shlomo Ayllon of Amsterdam, Rabbi David-Oppenheim av beit din of Prague, Rabbi Avraham Brody and Prague dayanim , Rabbi Ya’akov Reischer-author of Shevut Ya’akov , and more.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon Rabbi Moshe Chagiz .
Orach Chaim section: [4], 66 leaf.
Yoreh Deah section: 133, [1] leaf.
Fine condition. Tear in the last leaf, without lack. Antique parchment binding, pleasant and well-preserved, with a blemish in the margins of the spine.