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Karo, Joseph Ben Ephraim; Moses Ben Israel Isserles; Moses Ben Naphtali Hirsch Rivkes – Be’er Ha-Golah; Judah Ben Simeon Ashkenazi – Be’er Hetev : SHULHAN ‘ARUKH MI-TUR ORAH HAYIM

Be-Amsterdam; Be-Vet Uvi-Defus Naftali Herts Rofe Ve-‘im Hatano Kashman, 1754

Original boards. 12mo. [5], 320 leaves. 19 cm. In Hebrew. Shulhan Arukh (“Set Table”) “A summary and codification of halakhah in brief and authoritative form, completed in Safed in 1563 by the Sephardic rabbi, Yosef Karo. First published in Venice in 1565 and reprinted many times in the succeeding decades and centuries, the Shulhan ‘arukh is an abridgement and distillation of Karo’s Bet Yosef—commentary and glosses on the medieval code Arba‘ah turim by Ya‘akov ben Asher. As is the Turim, the Shulhan ‘arukh is divided into four sections: Orah hayim, on Sabbath, holiday and daily commandments; Yoreh de‘ah, on dietary laws and various other categories such as mourning and purity; Even ha-‘ezer, chiefly on marriage and divorce; and ? Oshen mishpat, mainly on civil law. … Mosheh Isserles (Rema’; 1520? –1572) , who had composed his own commentary on the Arba‘ah turim called Darkhe Mosheh, expressed strong, albeit critical, support for adopting the Shulhan ‘arukh. He maintained that its widespread acceptance gave it halakhic status and prestige that should not be defied. Thus, a judge who ruled contrary to the Shulhan ‘arukh would be considered to have erred and his verdict would be annulled. To prevent the Shulhan ‘arukh from achieving authoritative status in Poland in its original form, Isserles added his own gloss to it, Ha-Mapah (The Tablecloth) , in which he presented dissenting Ashkenazic opinions. In this way, he increased the diffusion of Shulhan ‘arukh but also stopped the spread of the Sephardic tradition represented in it through the Polish halakhic world. Subsequent Polish and Ashkenazic traditions accepted the view that whenever Isserles dissented from Karo, judges would rule according to Ha-Mapah; only the absence of a gloss was considered to be agreement with the Shulhan ‘arukh. ” (Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe; Shulhan ‘arukh) . Printed on ragpaper, with decorative border on title page. Subjects: Karo, Joseph ben Ephraim, 1488-1575. Orah hayim. OCLC lists 7 copies (of Shulhan Arukh by this printer in the 16th century; none listed for this year) . Backstrip previously rebacked with tape, previous repairs to title page, light edge wear and light soiling throughout, otherwise fresh. Good + condition. (SPEC-36-27), Kra 3/13

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