Bidspirit auction | Ohr Hashem by Rabbi Chasdai

Ohr Hashem by Rabbi Chasdai Crescas - First Edition - Ferrara, 1555 - This sefer by Rabbi Chasdai Crescas presents fundaments of religion and faith,   and considered the First Sefer to reject Aristotle philosophy with philosophical arguments. Ferrara, 1555. First edition. Rabbi Chasdai Crescas (circa 1340-1410) was born in Barcelona, Spain and was a disciple of the Ran, close friend of the Rivash, and spiritual master of Rabbi Yosef Albo who cited Rabbi Chasdai’s teachings in his Sefer Ikrim. In 1372, Rabbi Chasdai was arrested in Barcelona together with the Ran and Rivash, and he lost his only son in the Massacre of 1391 when Catholic mobs assaulted and murdered Spanish Jews. He passed away circa 1410 at the age of 70 in Saragossa.