Auction 55 Part I - Rare and Important Items
May 9, 2017 (Your local time)
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Manuscript - Shita L'Masechet Kritot - By Rabbi Moshe Kurayif of Tunisia, Author of Be'er Moshe (Maternal ...

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Manuscript - Shita L'Masechet Kritot - By Rabbi Moshe Kurayif of Tunisia, Author of Be'er Moshe (Maternal Grandfather of the Author of Mishmerot Kehuna) - Unprinted Composition
Manuscript, novellae on Tractate Keritot, by R. Moshe Kurayif. [Tunisia, 18th century].
Hitherto unprinted composition, autograph writing of the author, with corrections and erasures. At the beginning of the first page is an inscription in a different handwriting: "Novellae on Kritot by R. Moshe Kurayif".
R. Moshe Kurayif leading Tunisian sage of the 18th century (died c. 1800) was a disciple of R. Tzemach Tzorfati and of R. Yitzchak Lumbroso. His son-in-law was R. Shmuel HaCohen Yitzchaki, Rabbi of Tunisia during 1801-1804, father of R. Avraham Yitzchaki, author of Mishmerot Kehuna (1802-1864). His composition Be'er Moshe on Tractate Nazir was printed in Livorno in 1852 (by his disciple R. David Bunan, author of the De Hashev responsa, son of R. Yitzchak Bunan the first) and is cited extensively in the books of the commentators, and compilations of this important work has recently been printed in the Oz V'Hadar Talmud edition. This composition has not yet been printed.
This composition is mentioned in the book Toldot Chachmei Tunis (Ma'arechet 40, p. 249), by R. Yosef Cohen Tanuji (a Tunisian sage in the 18th century), who writes: "I have heard that he authored other Shitot on the Talmud and I saw a handwritten Shita on Tractate Keritot".
In the manuscript, the author refers to his novellae on other tractates: Tractates Nazir, Bechorot, Pesachim, Kiddushin and Bava Kama. In many places, the author mentions teachings he heard without noting their sources: "I have heard", "I have heard a question", "Someone asked me". He cites novellae written in books by Achronim, some from his time, see for example leaf 13v, with mention of his cousin R. Eliyahu Chai Burgil, a Tunisian sage: "See the book Migdanot Natan".
[67] leaves. Approximately 128 written leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Wear and stains. Worming affecting text. Loose sheets. Worn, detached binding.
Enclosed is a report of an expert on rabbinical manuscripts.