Sefer Yesod

Shu”t Maharam ...

Sefer Yesod

Shu”t Maharam of Lublin. First Edition. Venice, 1618

Halachic masterpiece arranged in shailos and teshuvos by Rabbi Meir, Av Beis Din of Lublin.

Rabbi Meir ben Rabbi Gedalya of Lublin (1558-1616), famous as Maharam of Lublin, was one of the Achronim; a Rav and Rosh Yeshivah in some of the most prominent Jewish metropolises in Poland, among them Lvov and Lublin. His yeshivah produced some of the greatest Torah luminaries of all times including the Shl”a Hakadosh, Rabbi Meir Katz, father of the Shach, and the author of Maginei Shlomo. His monumental composition on Shas is included in many editions of the Talmud.

The original title of this sefer, as noted in the title page and preface, was Manhir Einei Chachamim.

Venice, 1618. First edition. Page Count: 114 leaves. Page Size: 28 cm. Condition: Light restorations to margins of title page and last page. Several leaves have miniscule holes in margins. New binding. Bibliography: Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod #289.

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The margin of the title page features the autograph of Rabbi Avraham Amigo (circa 1610-1683) who was one of the venerable sages of Yerushalayim of old, a pious and righteous Kabbalist and revered halachic authority whose rulings are cited in the Pri Chadash. He was venerated by the greatest Sephardic sages; Maharam Ben Chaviv referred to him as “Gadol doreinu, the greatest of our generation” (Ezras Nashim p. 61) and Rabbi Moshe Chagiz called him “A minister and sage in Yisrael, ” (Shu”t Shtei Halechem Ch. 42). He spearheaded the movement to expel Shabsai Tzvi from Yerushalayim in 1664, and a collection of his novellae was published as Chiddushei Rabbi Avraham Amigo (Jerusalem, 1990).

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