Bidspirit auction | Levush. Yoreh Deah and Even

Levush. Yoreh Deah and Even HaEzer. Prague 1609. Important Glosses! Printed during the author’s lifetime! (Lacking title page to Even HaEzer). - Levush. Yoreh Deah and Even HaEzer. Prague 1609. Important Glosses! Printed during the author’s lifetime! (Lacking title page to Even HaEzer). Rare edition of the Levush, by R. Mordechai Yaffe. Includes two parts; Levush Ateres Zahav on Yoreh Deah and Levush Butz V’Argamon on Even HaEzer (lacking title page to Even HaEzer). R. Mordechai Yaffe (1530-1612), known as The Levush, was born in Prague and learned under R. Shlomo Luria (MaHaRSHa”L) in Lublin and the Rema in Cracow. After his marriage he settled in Prague, where he established a Yeshiva. Following the expulsion of the Jews from Prague in 1557, he settled in Italy. He later served in various important rabbinical positions, including Lublin and Posen. Received with enormous acclaim, the Levush is one of the most fundamental Halachic works.  With various unidentified signatures and important scholarly glosses from a number of unidentified scholars from different periods. (Stefansky Hebrew Classics 159). Vinograd Prague 173, 174. Moshe Ben Betzalel Katz press. 192, 115 (should be 116 pages). Lacking title page to section Even HaEzer. 30.5 cm. Very fine condition. Some staining. Magnificent antique wood and leather binding (lacking clasps). Opening bid $500