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Lot #    5342
Auction End Date    8/12/2003 12:52:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Me'ein Ganim
Title (Hebrew)    מעין גנים
Author    [Only Ed. - Morocco] R. Eliezer Avila
City    Leghorn
Publisher    Gio. Vincenzio Falorni
Publication Date    1806
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   Only edition, [5], 137 f., folio, 304:204 mm., staining, wide margins, stamp on title. A good copy bound in modern cloth boards.
          
Detailed
Description
   Commentary on the four parts of the Shulchan Arukh.

R. Eliezer b. Samuel Avila (known from the initials of his name as "Rav Adda"; 1714–1761), Moroccan rabbinical scholar. He was 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.

          
Paragraph 2    ... על ארבעה טורים... [מאת] ר' אליעזר די אבילה זצוק"ל... הובא לבית הדפוס ע"י... ר' יוסף די אבילה נר"ו [בן] נכדו של הרב המחבר זלה"ה
          
Reference
Description
   CD-EPI 0300783; Vinograd, Leghorn 566 (wrong pagination); EJ
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Italy:    Checked
Other:    Morocco
  
Subject
Halacha:    Checked
Novellae:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica