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Hiddushei Bava Batra, R. Moses b. Nahman (Nahmanides), Venice 1523

חידושי בבא בתרא - First Edition

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  • Lot Number 47385
  • Title (English) Hiddushei Bava Batra
  • Title (Hebrew) חידושי בבא בתרא
  • Note First Edition
  • Author R. Moses b. Naḥman (Naḥmanides)
  • City Venice
  • Publisher Daniel Bomberg
  • Publication Date 1523
  • Estimated Price - Low 5,000
  • Estimated Price - High 10,000

  • Item # 1366396
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Physical Description

First edition 116 ff., quarto, 225:170 mm., light age staining, heavy stock, wide margins, final 2 ff with repairs touching letters. A very good copy bound in modern full leather over boards.

 

Detail Description

Novellae to tractate Yevamot by R. Moses b. Naḥman, also known as Naḥamani and RaMBaN – an acronym of Rabbi Moses Ben Naḥman; 1194–1270), Spanish rabbi and scholar and one of the leading authors of talmudic literature in the Middle Ages; philosopher, kabbalist, biblical exegete, poet, and physician. Naḥmanides was born in Gerona, Catalonia, and it was after his native town that he was also referred to as Rabbenu Moses Gerondi or Yerondi. His Spanish name was Bonastrug da Porta. Naḥmanides was a descendant of R. Isaac b. Reuben, a contemporary of R. Isaac b. Jacob Alfasi . His mother was the sister of Abraham, father of R. Jonah b. Abraham Gerondi. His teachers included R. Judah b. Yakar , a disciple of R. Isaac b. Abraham of Dampierre , who established his yeshivah in Barcelona, and R. Meir b. Isaac of Trinquetaille . From the first, he received the tradition of the tosafists of northern France, while from the second he learned the methods of study employed in the yeshivot of Provence. He maintained close contact with R. Meir b. Todros ha-Levi Abulafia of Toledo who replied to his queries, and even more so with his cousin, Jonah b. Abraham of Gerona. His colleagues also included R. Samuel b. Isaac Sardi , to whom he sent the largest number of his responsa, as well as R. Isaac b. Abraham of Narbonne . The responsa of R. Solomon b. Abraham Adret (part 1, 120, 167) relate that Naḥmanides earned his livelihood as a physician. Even though there is no information available on Naḥmanides' yeshivah in Gerona, there is no doubt that it existed. His disciples included the leading halakhists of the following generation, such as R. Solomon b. Abraham Adret, R. Aaron b. Joseph ha-Levi , R. David Bonafed, R. Jonah b. Joseph, Naḥmanides' cousin, and many others. There is reason to believe that after the death of R. Jonah b. Abraham Gerondi in 1264, Naḥmanides acted as chief rabbi of Catalonia until his emigration to Ereẓ Israel. The Spanish rabbis of subsequent generations regarded him as their great teacher and referred to him as ha-rav ha-ne'eman ("the trustworthy rabbi"). In his Nomologia, R. Immanuel Aboab states that throughout Spain it was the custom to refer to him simply as "the rabbi" or "the teacher."

R. Abraham ben Meir de Balmes (c. 1440-1523) In his introduction, to Mikneh Avram is unpaginated (Venice 1523)  praises Bomberg, writing,

And behold there came to me Daniel Bomberg, a man greatly beloved of whom glorious things were spoken. . . . He was a Christian and feared his God. . . . The feet.of his father did not stand at the foot of Sinai but to him did I turn all my fountains, for he was one of those who spend their money freely in the service of G-d. . . to print Bible, Mishnah and Decisions beyond all other printers. He also studied Hebrew and crowned himself therewith and all his deeds shine like the splendor of the sky.

 

Hebrew Description

  מהרב הגדול הרמב"ן ז"ל... על כל דיבור ודיבור... צייננו... באיזה דף הוא ע"פ סדר סכום הדפי’ של תלמודינו זה שהדפסנו..

דף קי-קיו: "דינא דגרמי". נדפס תחילה בפני עצמו, [קושטנטינא רע"ה-ר"ף]. קולופון: נשלמו חידושי’ אלו של הרמבן ז"ל בבית דניאל בומברגי שנת הרפ"ג לפ"ק [צ"ל: לפ"ג] יב לחדש אדר... ‬

נדפס יחד עם חדושי ברכות, חידושי גיטין וחידושי מסכת חולין מהרשב"א.

ארבעת הספרים מכונים בשם "חידושי ארבע שיטות להרשב"א ורמב"ן". עי’ חיים מיכל, אוצרות חיים, עמ’ 140, מס’ 1280; בן-יעקב, אוצר הספרים, עמ’ 180, מס’ 394, ועמ’ 182, מס’ 451; חיד"א, שם הגדולים, מערכת גדולים, ש 19. ‬

 

Bibliography:

Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000150384; EJ