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Hiddushim mi-ha-Ritba, R. Yom Tov b. Abraham Ishbili, Warsaw 1864

חדושים מהריטב"א - First Edition

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  • Lot Number 50134
  • Title (English) Hiddushim mi-ha-Ritba
  • Title (Hebrew) חדושים מהריטב"א
  • Note First Edition
  • Author R. Yom Tov b. Abraham Ishbili (Ritba)
  • City Warsaw
  • Publisher דפוס נתן שריפטגיססער
  • Publication Date 1864
  • Estimated Price - Low 200
  • Estimated Price - High 500

  • Item # 1603844
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Physical Description

First edition, [3], 23, 16 ff., 216:175mm., wide margins, usual light age and damp staining.  A good copy bound in later board.

 

Detail Description

Novellae to Talmud by R. Yom Tov ben Abraham Ishbili (Ritba, c. 1250–1330). Ritba is considered among the great Sephardic Talmudic sages. A student of R. Aaron ha-Levi of Barcelona and R. Solomon b. Abraham Adret (Rashba), Ritba was recognized as a great scholar in his youth. Even during the lifetime of his teachers, questions were addressed to him for he was regarded as among the leading Spanish rabbis. After the death of his teachers, he was regarded by Spanish Jewry as its spiritual leader. When the community of Daroca introduced certain decrees, it was stated that this was done “in the name of R. Asher [b. Jehiel] and in that of R. Yom Tov b. al-Ishbili.” His bet din was referred to by contemporary rabbis as”the great and excellent bet din.” Althought he author of other works, Ritba’s reputation rests upon his novellae to the Talmud, Hiddushei ha-Ritba, which he apparently began writing from the direct dictation of his teacher R. Aaron ha-Levi.

When writing his hiddushim Ritba he realized that the work would be inordinately long, deciding therefore, to make an abbreviated version. There is even a possibility that he wrote a third version to some tractates. As a result, his novellae to different tractates are of different types and not always of the same quality. It is sometimes difficult to identify them with certainty. His novellae are, in general, very rich in early source material: tosafistic, Spanish, Provencal, and geonic, and display a considerable originality, though he is very much under the influence of his two great teachers.

 

Hebrew Description

על מס’ פסחים ... לא עלו עוד על מזבח הדפוס ... גם כרוך אתו פסקי הלכות על מסכת ברכות מר’ ישעי’ אחרון ז"ל הנקרא בשם ריא"ז. נמצא בכ"י בבית האוצר אשר להגביר ... נפתלי הירץ גינצבורג בפאריז ... הובא לבית הדפוס ע"י השותפים מו"ה אלי’ כהן שפירא נ"י אבי המעתיק, עם חתנו ... מו"ה ברוך מנחם במהרש"ל אויערבאך נ"י. ועל טוב יזכר ... מו"ה יהושע שווארצבערג דיין ומו"צ דק"ק פלאצק אשר הגיה הספר הזה ועשה ציונים ואיזה הערות ... והצגנום בשולי היריעה ...

בשולי השער הפרט: ח’ד’ו’ש’י’ם’ מ’ה’ר’י’ט’ב"א [תרל"ג!].

במעטפת שער קצר ובו הפרט תרכ"ד.

בראש הספר הקדמת המעתיק, ר’ שמואל שלמה הכהן (שפירא) יליד לובראניץ.

כפי הנראה חיבור זה הוא לקט מחידושיו של הריטב"א למסכת פסחים, שנעשה על ידי אחד מתלמידיו.

 

References

EJ; JE; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000135328