Torat HaBayit HaAroch by the Rashba, laws of Isur VeHeter and Nidah, with Mishmeret HaBayit by the Rashba and Bedek HaBayit by R. Aharon HaLevi. Venice: Zuan di Gara, [1607]. First edition.

On the title page is the signature of R. Gur Aryeh HaLevi (the beginning of the signature is deleted with ink, but the words can still be discerned). On the upper corner of the title page is his calligraphic signature in Sephardic style: "Gur Aryeh HaLevi". On p. 11a is a gloss in his handwriting, signed with his initials.

The kabbalist R. Gur Aryeh HaLevi Finzi, known as HaRav Ga'al (died 1697), a renowned rabbi in Mantua, where he was appointed dayan in 1665. He corresponded with R. Shmuel Aboav, R. Moshe Zacuto and his disciple R. Binyamin HaKohen Vitale; and reputedly heard the heavenly messenger who taught Torah to R. Moshe Zacuto.
Ownership inscriptions in Ashkenazic script on title page and several places (some deleted). Inscriptions also appear on the parchment's binding. Short gloss in Ashkenazic script on p. 181b.
Censor's signature on p. 191b.
On the bottom margins of the title page is mounted a piece of printed paper (printed elsewhere, later), with a note on the mentions of gentiles in the book.

191, [1] leaf. 29 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of past dampness. Wear. Worming, affecting text (heavy worming on title page and last leaves). Small marginal open tears to several leaves. Stamps. Early parchment binding, worn and damaged.

Provenance: Estate of Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach.

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