Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections
Zivchei Yehudah – Laws of Shechitot and Bedikot in Portuguese – Amsterdam, 1740 – Printed for Descendants of Marranos
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Zibhei Jeudah Dinim de Sehita & Bedica, laws of shechitot and bedikot in Portuguese, by R. Yehuda Piza (Jeudah Piza). Amsterdam, [1740]. Portuguese, with some Hebrew.
17th and 18th century Amsterdam was home to a large Sephardi community. Most of its members were descendants of Marranos who emigrated from Spain and Portugal a century after the expulsion. The present book was printed for the members of this community who had lost familiarity with the Hebrew language.
[8], 75, [5] pages. Approx. 17 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Old binding with leather spine. Defects to spine.
Rare.
This copy is documented on the Center for Jewish Art (CJA) website, item 40605.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.167.
Spanish and Portugese Jewry, and Various Jewish Communities
Spanish and Portugese Jewry, and Various Jewish Communities