12 ff., octavo, 166:99 mm., wide margins, light age staining, minor worming. A good copy not bound.

 

Iggeret ha-Teshuvah an infoluential ethical work that has been studied and cherished for almost a millennium by Jews. R. Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi (Rabbenu Jonah, c. 1200–1263) was born in Gerona, in Catalonia. He is accounted among the great sages of Spain. Rabbenu Jonah was a cousin of R. Moses ben Nahman (Nahmanides, Ramban, 1194–1270), and a student of the brothers R. Moses and Samuel ben Shneur Evreux and afterwards of R. Solomon ben Abraham of Montpellier (13th cent.). When the latter opposed and placed a ban on Maimonides’ Moreh Nevukhim Jonah was a signatory. He later regretted and reputedly publicly repented doing so after Maimonides’ books were burned in 1232 by the Dominicans. Jonah determined to settle in Erez Israel, but was delayed en route in Barcelona where he gave discourses for three years. He again set out for the Holy Land, but in Toledo the community induced him to stay and instruct them. Rabbenu Jonah founded a yeshivah there and died before he could resume his journey. Among Rabbenu Rabbenu Jonah’s students are R. Solomon ben Abraham Adret (Rashba, c. 1235-c. 1310), R. Solomon ben Eli of Sarai, and R. Hillel ben Samuel of Verona (c. 1220-95).

 

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