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Lot #
4294
Auction End Date
4/1/2003 3:52:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Magen Geborim
Title (Hebrew)
מגן גבורים
Author
[Morocco] R. Eliezer b. Samuel de Avila
City
Leghorn
Publisher
Gio. Vincenzio Falorni
Publication Date
1781
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
4, 136, 139-153 f., folio, 300:199 mm., wide margins, light age staining. A very good copy bound in later cloth boards, rubbed.
Paragraph 1
Only edition.
Detailed
Description
Novellae on tractate Baba Metzia by R. Eliezer b. Samuel de Avila (known from the initials of his name as "Rav Adda"; 1714–1761), Moroccan rabbinical scholar; son of Samuel Avila, born in Sale, Morocco. His commentaries on the Talmud, written while he was still a youth, are noteworthy for their acumen and independence. His works, published posthumously, are Magen Gibborim, on the Talmud (2 vols., Leghorn, 1781–85); Milhemet Mitzvah, also on the Talmud (Leghorn, 1805) and including sermons entitled Hesed ve-Emet; Be'er Mayim Hayyim, responsa (Leghorn, 1806); Ma'yan Gannim, on the Turim. Another part of his responsa, entitled She'elot u-Teshuvot de-Rav Adda, and a work on the Bible, remain in manuscript. His responsa are a valuable source of information on the condition of the Jews of Morocco in the 18th century. He died in Rabat. To this day the Jews of Morocco go on pilgrimage to his grave.
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... בפלפולא חריפתא ... נחלת ... הרב ... ר' אליעזר די אבילה זצוק"ל ...
Reference
Description
CD-EPI 0119915; Vinograd, Leghorn 168 (wrong pagination); Enc. Jud.
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Listing Classification
Period
18th Century:
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Location
Italy:
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Other:
Morocco
Subject
Novellae:
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Characteristic
First Editions:
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Language:
Hebrew
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica
