|
LOT 45:
Important Manuscript on the Entire Torah. Ashkenaz, Early 18th Century
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: $32,000
Start price:
$
500
Estimated price :
$2,000 - $2,500
Buyer's Premium: 22%
VAT: 17%
On commission only
Users from foreign countries may be exempted from tax payments, according to the relevant tax regulations
|
Important Manuscript on the Entire Torah. Ashkenaz, Early 18th Century
Complete early Ashkenazic manuscript (approximately 200 large pages) from the beginning of the 18th century. This manuscript consists of elucidations on the entire Torah and our Sages' midrashim in the order of the weekly Torah portions, with elucidations on the megillahs at the end. Extremely important manuscript.
The identity of the author does not appear in the work and is unknown to us, yet it is clear from the style and the content that the author was a Talmudic scholar and great expert even in the more recent books of commentary. In several places, the author's Kabbalistic expertise is evident as well (refer to page 85a where the author has a lengthy list of abbreviations with various messages that work out from the words 'תשובה' and 'תפילה').
The author's period and location are gleaned from the fact that he refers here and there to books of sermons and commentaries by several rabbis from Ashkenaz (apparently) from his generation: Tiferet Shmuel, Tiferet HaGershuni, Pnei Aryeh, Nachalat Azriel, Yad Avi Shalom. These are all books of expert sermons printed c. 1800.
Another hint to the author's identity appears on page 43b, where the author indicates a wondrous aggadic novellum in his father's name: "Refer to Chiddushei Aggadot by my father, z"l, in Tractate Sotah, leaf 27, stating that Moshe broke the Decalogue so that he too would be a sinner and able to pray ..."
[1] large bound ledger, 118 leaves. 30x19 cm. There may be some leaves lacking.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Slight tears (some are reinforced and restored) with slight wear to the corners of several leaves.
