“Here lies the Ark of G-d, pillar of Torah and fear of Heaven, lofty and sacred righteous rabbi, wise and modest wonder of the generation … Rabbi Mordechai Michael Jaffe … an angel of the Heavenly G-d”
S
efer Parashat Derachim – twenty-six
drushim and the
kuntress “Derech Mitzvotecha” on counting the mitzvahs, by Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes, author of
Mishneh LaMelech . Venice, 1743. Second edition of one of the most fundamental works of
drush literature.
Rabbi Mordechai Michael Jaffe’s owner’s signature appears at the top of the title page. Rabbi Jaffe was a leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva Eiger’s. Dozens of especially lengthy glosses handwritten by Rabbi Mordechai Michael Jaffe appear along the sheets of the sefer .
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of
Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes and
the gaon Rabbi Mordechai Michael Jaffe.
[2], 76 leaf, 28 cm. High-quality paper. The final page bears a permit to print the
sefer from “the leaders of the country” Venice, 6 Tammuz 1742.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Light wear in the margins. New binding.