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Maimonides, Moses and Ezekiel Feivel Ben Ze?ev Wolf : MUSAR HASEKHEL: ... HILKHOT DE’OT ... HILKHOT TESHUVAH

Warsaw: G. Ve-F. Levenzohn,, 1855

(FT) [1867]. Hardcover, 12mo, 178 pages, 17 cm. In Hebrew. SUBJECT(S) : Jewish ethics. Maimonides, Moses, Hilkhot de? Ot -- Commentaries. Maimonidies, Moses, Hilkhot teshuvah -- Commentaries.880-03, Sefer musar haskel. Title page is dated in Hebrew 627, i. E. 1867, in Polish publisher's statement 1855. Titale page. Has ornamental border. Other Titles: Hilkhot de? Ot; Hilkhot teshuvah; Leshon ha-zahav; Leshon h? Akhamim; Katzin Rare Book Collection. Sefer musar haskel; Leshon h? Akhamim. Leshon ha-zahav. Maimonides (1135-1204) was “the most illustrious figure in Judaism in the post-talmudic era, and one of the greatest of all time, Maimonides was born in Cordoba, Spain, to his father Maimon, dayyan of Cordoba and himself a renowned scholar and pupil of Joseph ibn Migash . He continues his genealogy, "the son of the learned Joseph, son of Isaac the dayyan, son of Joseph the dayyan, son of Obadiah the dayyan, son of the rabbi Solomon, son of Obadiah" (end of commentary to Mishnah) ; traditions extend the genealogy to R. Judah ha-Nasi. Posterity even recorded the day and hour and even minute of his birth, "On the eve of Passover (the 14th of Nisan) which was a Sabbath, an hour and a third after midday, in the year 4895 (1135) of the Creation" (Sefer Yuhasin) …Maimonides was active as head of the community. He took vigorous steps to deal with the Karaites, and as a result brought about the supremacy of the Rabbanites in Cairo. Maimonides succeeded in restoring rabbinic practice in this matter, but generally his policy toward the Karaites was more lenient in his later years, and was continued by his son Abraham. Maimonides made various changes in liturgical custom, the most radical of which was the abolition of the repetition of the Amidah in the interests of decorum. With the completion of the Guide, Maimonides' literary work, apart from his extensive correspondence, came to an end. In failing health he nevertheless continued his work as head of the Jewish community and as court physician. Maimonides died on December 13, 1204. There were almost universal expressions of grief. Public mourning was ordained in all parts of the Jewish world. In Fostat mourning was ordained for three days and in Jerusalem a public fast and the Scriptural readings instituted concluded with the verse "the glory is departed from Israel, for the Ark of the Lord is taken" (I Sam. 4: 22) . His remains were taken to Tiberias for burial, and his grave is still an object of pilgrimage” (Rabinowitz, Louis Isaac, Jacob I. Dienstag, Arthur Hyman, Suessmann Muntner, and Bernard R. Goldstein in EJ, 2007) . OCLC lists 3 copies worldwide (Brandeis, Leeds, Spertus) . Ex-library with usual markings. Hinge repair. Spine bounding repair. Wear to cover binding and corners. Some notes on pages. Otherwise, very good condition. (Rab-40-12).

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