Sefer Kritut , Talmudic rules by the Ra”sh of Kinon. Vincento Kunti Press, Crimea, 1557. Second edition with revisions. The printer writes on the title page that the first edition (Constantinople 1516) was faulty and in this edition “we have separated the wheat from the chaff.”
Ancient owner’s signature of the gaon Rabbi Ya’akov Tzvi of Broide and many glosses by him, as well as an owner’s signature of the gaon Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deutch.
Sefer Kritut was accepted among scholars and printed numerous times, becoming a foundation for later rule-books. Its name, Sefer Kritut , an expression used biblically to indicate a get (divorce document), is borrowed here to express making a covenant with the Torah: “See this book; it is entirely precious / A covenant of love with G-d’s religion / Forever sold to your hearts / So it shall be called Sefer Kritut. ”
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Shimshon Ben Yitzchak of Kinon, known as Ra”sh MiKinon .
73 leaves. 20 cm. Light, high-quality paper.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Tears in the margins of the title page without lack to text. Reinforcements. Several detached leaves. Not bound.