Talmud Yerushalmi (Jerusalem Talmud), Shevi'it with the commentary of R. Solomon b. Joseph Sirillo (d. c. 1555), edited by R. Joseph Dinkels. R. Solomon Sirillo, rabbi, posek, and commentator on the Jerusalem Talmud was born in Spain, and with the expulsion of 1492 proceeded to Adrianople and Salonika . In a work written in Adrianople he makes mention of his teacher R. Elijah b. Benjamin ha-Levi , one of the most important scholars in Constantinople at the time. From Salonika he proceeded to Erez Israel, settling in Safed. Apparently after the death of R. Levi ibn Habib in 1544 R. Sirillo moved to Jerusalem and was appointed to succeed him. His rulings are occasionally mentioned in the responsa of his great contemporaries, such as R. David b. Solomon ibn Abi Zimra (Radbaz), R. Joseph Caro, R. Moses b. Joseph di Trani, R. Samuel b. Moses Medina, and others.

Sirillo's fame rests upon his commentary to the Jerusalem Talmud which covered the whole order Zera'im and tractate Shekalim, which he compiled in at least two editions. He began to compile the first edition while he was still in Salonika and the second, improved edition, in Erez Israel. In the second edition he already used, in addition to manuscripts, the printed edition of Venice in about 1522. R. Sirillo's interest in the Jerusalem Talmud arose from a practical consideration of halakhah, which resulted from his settling in Erez Israel, where the agricultural laws applied to a much greater extent than in the Diaspora. These laws are contained in the order Zera'im which (apart from Berakhot which does not deal with agricultural laws) have no Gemara in the Babylonian Talmud but only in the Jerusalem Talmud. Since little attention had been paid to the Jerusalem Talmud, he found that many passages were obscure and the texts corrupt. "Unable to find in my generation a scholar well versed in the Jerusalem Talmud" and urged on by his colleagues, he devoted himself to writing a commentary to the 12 relevant tractates. It is one of the best commentaries to the Jerusalem Talmud, despite the fact that his readings are not the most exact, although he had before himself accurate manuscripts. The part on Berakhot was first published in 1875 by M. Lehmann, who also added notes in the margin, and that to the whole of Zera'im, in Jerusalem from 1934 to 1967. The commentary to Shekalim was published in 1958. R. Sirillo also compiled a commentary in the form of a Gemara to the Mishnah Eduyyot, which has not yet been published.

The product of the Palestinian schools during the amoraic period, which extended from the third to the fifth century C.E. The Talmud marks the writings of Jewish law and tradition, of which it is the most important production.

The Talmud Yerushalmi, also known as the Palestinian Talmud, Yerushalmi, Talmud of the Land of Israel, Talmud of the West, Talmud of the Western Lands, and in modern times as the Jerusalem Talmud has not been preserved in its entirety. Large portions of it were entirely lost at an early date,while other parts exist only in fragments. The editio princeps (ed. Bomberg, Venice, 1523 et seq.), on which all later editions are based, terminates with the following remark: "Thus far we have found what is contained in this Talmud; and we have endeavored in vain to obtain the missing portions." Of the six orders of the Mishnah, the fifth, Kodashim, is missing entirely from the Talmud Yerushalmi, while of the sixth, Tohorot, it contains only the first three chapters of the treatise Niddah.

 

Hebrew Description:

.. ע"פ נוסחא המוגהה והמדויקה לרבנו שלמה בכ"ר יוסף סיריליאו ז"ל... עם פירושו הנפלא ומורה מקום שלו, והכל מכתב יד... בבריטיש מוזעאום בלונדון (הכתב יד נעתק והוגה על ידי... והוספתי עליו כמה הערות וביאורים בכל... המסכת... וקראתי אותם בשם אמונת  יוסף... חיים יוסף בכה"ר בן ציון הלוי ז"ל דינקלס). יוצא עכשו לאור פעם ראשונה... ע"י הרב פסח שפירא והרב יעקב חנניה פריימן...

עם "עין משפט" ו"מסורת הש"ס" מאת ר’ מרדכי זאב איטינגא ור’ יוסף שאול נתנזון, עם תיקונים והוספות מאת הרב דינקלס.

מסכת שביעית. תרצ"ה. [4], קעו, [4] דפים.

בסוף כל מסכת (חוץ מברכות, שביעית ותרומות): הלכות מתוך כפתור ופרח לר' אישתורי הפרחי, פירוש הר"י קורקוס למשנה תורה של הרמב"ם וביאורים והגהות מהגר"א

בסוף מס' שביעית: פי' בראב"ד על תורת כהנים, פר' בהר