Lot 239
Manuscript – Index For Sefer Kli Yakar – Rabbi Shimshon Cohen Modon
Manuscript, index for the book Kli Yakar on the Torah [by Rabbi Ephraim Shlomo of Luntshtitz], by Rabbi Shimshon Cohen Modon. [Mantua], [1725].
Indexed summary of topics according to 1608 Prague press. Colophon: “Praise G-D… who sustained me and… to complete… on Friday, 18th of Tamuz 1725. Young Shimshon Cohen Modon”. He writes in his preface: “Upon viewing his invaluable commentaries and Chiddushim, I decided to make it accessible to others to benefit from…”.
Rabbi Shimshon son of Ya’akov Shimshon HaCohen of Modon (1679-1727), among the scholars of Mantua, disciple of Rabbi Yehuda Brail. Author of Kol Musar (Mantua, 1725) as well as additional compositions. This is a complete composition which he authored just prior to his death and he did not live to see it printed.
[37] written pages. 29 cm. Good-fair condition, stains. Tears on margins.
