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Bidding Information
Lot #    6763
Auction End Date    3/2/2004 11:18:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Pirkei Avoth
Title (Hebrew)    פרקי אבות
Author    [Liturgy]
City    Verona
Publisher    Libantea
Publication Date    1826
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    35 ff., 177:114 mm., light age staining. A good copy bound in modern full cloth boards.
          
Detailed
Description		    Avot with an Italian translation after each paragraph. Tractate Avot is an anthology of rabbinic maxims, and is the oldest compilation of ethical statements of the Mishnah. It is the only tractate without Halakhic (legal) content, but is composed solely of epigrams and moral teachings attributed to generations of sages.

Avot is the most popular in Talmudic literature. Since Gaonic times (seventh to eleventh centuries) it has been studied on each Sabbath following Passover till Rosh Hashanah. The text is included in the Siddur (daily prayer book), and has been published in numerous editions with many commentaries and translations.

          
Reference
Description		    Vinograd, Verona 57
        
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Italy:    Checked
  
Subject
Other:    Avot
  
Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew, Italian
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica