Tractates Sanhedrin, Shevuot and Makot from Talmud Yerushalmi, with the commentaries Korban HaEdah and Shayarei Korban by “the Yerushalmi commentator” the gaon Rabbi David Frankel. [Berlin, 1760.] First edition. Especially rare.
First edition of Korban HaEdah – which is a Rash”i-like commentary, and the Shayarei Korban is likewise similar to Tosafot – authored by Rabbi David Frankel of Dessau, one of the leading commentators of the Yerushalmi. All the tractates were printed without a title page Each tractate has its own pagination and a special pagination for the kuntressim . To this day, the commentary on Shevuot is incomplete, ending in the middle of the fifth chapter.
Especially rare: The National Library has only a (blemished) tractate Sanhedrin. Mif’al HaBibliographiah lists a copy like this one, from the library in Mossad HaRav Kook. To the best of our knowledge, this sefer has never been offered at auction.
Pedigree copy: All along the sefer are multiple owner’s signatures from the wondrous gaon Rabbi Yehudah Yerucham Fishel Perla of Warsaw [1846-1934], one of the renowned geonim of Poland and in his later years, in Jerusalem. A later owner’s stamp appears from the gaon Rabbi Mendel Kasher [1895-1984], also a gaon of Poland and Jerusalem.
Sanhedrin: 2-5. 7-68 leaf.
Shevuot: 28 leaf.
Makkot: 10 leaf.
34 cm. Thick paper.
Fine condition. Aging stains.