Bidspirit auction | Masa Melech. Magnificent Copy With

Masa Melech. Magnificent Copy With Signatures. Salonika, 1601. First Edition. Rare. - A unique composition dealing with the laws of taxes and levies. Authored by Rabbi  Yosef Ibn Ezra. In that era, the ruling authorities would levy taxes on Jewish communities. The community laymen  would divide the tax among community members as they saw fit. They would often collect the  monies themselves and transfer it to the authorities. This book is the first composition that focuses solely on this topic and is a cornerstone reference for  Halachic rulings on these laws. It is an exceedingly rare volume. Indeed, many Torah giants lamented that they did not have access  to it. On the title page and the following page appears a beautiful, curly signature of Rabbi Yitzchak  Cuenca, son of Rabbi Ben-Zion Cuenca, Sephardic Av Beit Din in Jerusalem. Similarly, the signature  of founder and editor of HaMe’asef appears. In addition, the signature of philanthropist, Daniel  Sayad appears on the title page. Rabbi Yosef son of Yitzchak Ibn Ezra (deceased 1601) was a disciple of the MaHashdam. He was one  of Turkey’s leading sages and served as Rabbi in Salonika, Constantinople, Larissa and Sofia in  Bulgaria. Rabbi Yosef is famed for his book, Atzmot Yosef on Masechet Kiddushin.  Salonika, 1601. Single edition. 72 leaves. 28.5 cm. Very good condition. Restored title page. Light-colored, quality paper.  Magnificent, renewed, brown leather binding with gilt lettering. Particularly beautiful copy of a unique and rare composition. First edition.