Bidspirit auction | CLASSSICS. TaSHBaTZ FIRST EDITION. CREMONA

CLASSSICS. TaSHBaTZ FIRST EDITION. CREMONA 1556. FINE COPY! - Halachic rulings and customs of the MaHaRaM of Ruttenberg compiled by his talmid R. Shimon Ben Tzadok hence the name TaSHBaTZ (Teshuvos Shimon Ben Tzadok). This sefer is sometimes referred to as The TaSHBaTZ Kotton (the small TaSHBaTZ). R. Meir of Ruttenburg (died 1293), was one of the great Ba’alei Tosfos. He was a student of R. Yitzchok of Vienna (Ohr Zarua) and R. Yechiel of Paris. He lived in Ruttenburg and later in Worms. In 1286, following increased persecution of the Jews, he attempted to escape Germany, but was captured and held for ransom. Famously, he ruled that the excessive ransom should not be paid out of concern that it would lead to the imprisonment of other leading rabbinical figures. He died after seven years in prison, and fourteen years later a ransom was paid for his body by Alexander ben Salomon Wimpfen, who was subsequently laid to rest beside him in the Jewish cemetery of Worms. Stefansky Classics 243. Vincenzo Conti Press. 55 pages. 20 cm. Excellent condition. Modern leather binding.