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Lot #    22580
Auction End Date    1/20/2009 10:37:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Zera Emet Vol. II
Title (Hebrew)    ספר שו'ת זרע אמת חלק ב
Author    [Only Ed.] R. Ishmael ha-Kohen
City    Livorno (Leghorn)
Publisher    Wais, Meldola
Publication Date    1796
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Only edition. [2], 200, 15 ff., 284:187 mm., wide margins, usual age and damp staining, some minor worming. Very good copies bound in later uniform half leather boards, rubbed.
          
Detailed
Description		    Responsa by R. Ishmael b. Abraham Isaac ha-Kohen (1723–1811), rabbi of Modena, enjoyed a high standing in the Jewish world generally and was the last Italian rabbi who was accepted throughout the rabbinic world as a halakhic authority. R. Ishmael was among those invited by Napoleon to answer questions put to the Assembly of Jewish Notables which took place in Paris in 1806. From his replies on this occasion as well as from his other halakhic rulings, both published and in manuscript, he emerges as a rabbi alive to the needs of the times and inclined to narrow the gap between them and traditions. His realistic and moderate approach is clearly revealed in his responsa published under the name Zera Emet (pt. 1, Leghorn, 1785; pt. 2, ibid., 1796; pt. 3, Reggio, n.d.), see especially pt. 1, nos. 69, 74, and 89; pt. 2, no. 107; and pt. 3, nos. 32, 33, and 42. Many responsa remain unpublished.
          
Paragraph 2    ... פעולת... ר' ישמעאל הכהן נר"ו אב בית דין ריש מתא וריש מתיבתא בעיר... מודונא...

חלק ב: חלק יורה דעה... ומחובר לטהור בא יבא קיצור הלכות טרפיות... אשרי המחק"ה ויגי"ה אורו... בן אחותו... יעקב נוניס ואיס. ליוורנו, דפוס יעקב נוניס ואיס ורפאל מילדולה, שנת כי שפתי כהן י'ש'מ'ר'ו' דעת ותורה יבקשו מפיהו כי מלאך ה' צבאות הוא [תקנ"ו, 1796]. [2], ר; טו דף. סי' יח: נימוקים שמצאתי מכ"י הרב כמהר"ר יהודה בריאל זצ"ל ר"מ דק"ק מנטובה ובו י"ו סעיפים ובהם קצת הגהות ממני... המחבר. טו דף: קיצור הלכות טריפות.
          
Reference
Description		    CD-EPI 0139406; EJ
        
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18th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Italy:    Checked
  
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First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica