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Lot #    17684
Auction End Date    4/24/2007 10:33:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Yefeh Mareh
Title (Hebrew)    יפה מראה
Author    [First Ed.] R. Samuel b. Isaac Jaffe Ashkenazi
City    Venice
Publisher    Juan D'Gara
Publication Date    1590
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    First edition. 331, [1] ff., 288:185 mm., wide margins, usual age and damp staining, title, initial five, and final 20 ff. with extensive repairs, old hands, bound in modern half cloth boards.
          
Detailed
Description		    Expositions of the aggadot of the Jerusalem Talmud. In the preface the Author explains that it was his aim to interpret the aggadot of the Jerusalem Talmud "because they are very similar to the aggadot of the Midrash Rabbah in style and in language". R. Samuel b. Isaac Jaffe (d. late 16th century), was rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Constantinople. He studied under R. Joseph Leib. When he reached an advanced age, his son Joseph was appointed to succeed him. R. Jaffe's fame rests upon his comprehensive commentary to the whole of Midrash Rabbah, which reveals an extensive knowledge of the relevant literature. R. Samuel b. Isaac Jaffe Ashkenazi (16th century), rabbi in Constantinople. He wrote a number of works, some of which are still in manuscript. Most of them are homiletic commentaries on the major Midrashim: e.g., Yefeh To'ar, a homiletic exegesis on Midrash Rabbah (Genesis, Venice 1597–1606; Exodus, ibid. 1657; Leviticus, Constantinople 1648), and Yefeh Anaf (Frankfort, 1696), an exposition of the Midrash Rabbah on the five scrolls. Most of his writings in halakhah are unpublished. His responsa, however, were often quoted by 17th-century authorities.
          
Paragraph 2    ... חברו... ר' שמואל יפה אשכנזי נר"ו... בק"ק קושטנטינה, פירושים וחדושים על אגדות מירושלמי [עם הפנים]... והוגה... על יד... ר' יוסף סאמיגה...

דף ב,א: "הסכמתי להביא פירושם [של האגדות שבמדרש רבה, שפורשו בספרו "יפה תואר"] גם בספר הזה... כי בכמה מקומות נמצא חלוף בנסחת האגדה... ועל פיהן ישתנה הפירוש".

          
Reference
Description		    CD-EPI 0304394; EJ
        
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Listing Classification
Period
16th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Italy:    Checked
  
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First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica