Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Manuscript – Tikun Tefillin "Baruch She'amar" – 18th Century
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Manuscript, Baruch She'amar – Tikun Tefillin by Rabbi Avraham ben Rabbi Moshe of Sinsheim, with glosses by Rabbi Shimshon ben Rabbi Eliezer called the Baruch She'amar. [Ashkenazi writing, c. 18th century].
The book Baruch She'amar is one of the foremost sources of Torah rulings regarding the laws of Tefillin. The book is actually composed of two works written by two early Torah scholars (Rishonim): the foundation of the composition is Tikun Tefillin written by Rabbi Avraham of Sinsheim, a disciple of the Maharam of Rottenberg who was "the leading Tefillin scribe in his time and after him". Additions and glosses on the Maharam's work were written by Rabbi Shimshon ben Rabbi Eliezer called Rabbeinu Shimshon Baruch She'amar who lived in the following generation, the days of the Rosh and the Mordechai. The two compositions always appear as one format (no copies of the Tikun exist without Rabbi Shimshon's glosses), and with the passage of time, the name of the first author was omitted and the work is only called after Rabbi Shimshon Baruch She'amar. This work remained in manuscript form for hundreds of years and was only printed for the first time in Dubna in 1796 (afterward in Shklov in 1804, from a different manuscript). However, the leading Torah authorities such as the Beit Yosef and the Maharshal were familiar with the book and brought excerpts of the manuscript in their writings.
This is one of the manuscripts of the book which was apparently written before the first printing of the work. It begins in the middle of the author's introduction (as it probably appeared in the copy the scribe used). Throughout the manuscript, a typographic separation was introduced between the body of the work and the glosses of the Baruch She'amar. Written on Leaf 34/a: "Conclusion of the compilation of Tefillin which I have compiled… Shimshon bar Eliezer called Baruch She'amar", however after that, he writes more compilations on the laws of Tefillin.
42 leaves. 22 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Spotting. Wear and tears around the leaf's edges. Contemporary cardboard binding, worn and damaged.
The book Baruch She'amar is one of the foremost sources of Torah rulings regarding the laws of Tefillin. The book is actually composed of two works written by two early Torah scholars (Rishonim): the foundation of the composition is Tikun Tefillin written by Rabbi Avraham of Sinsheim, a disciple of the Maharam of Rottenberg who was "the leading Tefillin scribe in his time and after him". Additions and glosses on the Maharam's work were written by Rabbi Shimshon ben Rabbi Eliezer called Rabbeinu Shimshon Baruch She'amar who lived in the following generation, the days of the Rosh and the Mordechai. The two compositions always appear as one format (no copies of the Tikun exist without Rabbi Shimshon's glosses), and with the passage of time, the name of the first author was omitted and the work is only called after Rabbi Shimshon Baruch She'amar. This work remained in manuscript form for hundreds of years and was only printed for the first time in Dubna in 1796 (afterward in Shklov in 1804, from a different manuscript). However, the leading Torah authorities such as the Beit Yosef and the Maharshal were familiar with the book and brought excerpts of the manuscript in their writings.
This is one of the manuscripts of the book which was apparently written before the first printing of the work. It begins in the middle of the author's introduction (as it probably appeared in the copy the scribe used). Throughout the manuscript, a typographic separation was introduced between the body of the work and the glosses of the Baruch She'amar. Written on Leaf 34/a: "Conclusion of the compilation of Tefillin which I have compiled… Shimshon bar Eliezer called Baruch She'amar", however after that, he writes more compilations on the laws of Tefillin.
42 leaves. 22 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Spotting. Wear and tears around the leaf's edges. Contemporary cardboard binding, worn and damaged.
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