Over 500 year old sefer!

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Over 500 year old sefer!

Amudei Golah by the Smak.

First  Edition. Constantinople, 1510

Kushta Reish  -  Sefer yesod

Concise halachic composition on  imperative mitzvos and prohibitions, written in brief, summary form by Rabbeinu  Yitzchak of Corbeil from the Baalei Tosfos.

This sefer is regarded as one of  the most fundamental and widely-learned sefarim; an original, complete first  edition copy, exceedingly rare.

Amudei Hagolah gained renown as a fundamental work already during the era of the  Rishonim, as the Tashbetz wrote in his teshuvos (Vol. 1 Ch. 51): “The words of  this sefer are completely pure, and they are worthy of being trusted.”

A significant portion of this  sefer is an abridged version of the Sefer Mitzvos Gadol (Smag) by Rabbi  Moshe of Coucy. Although the author named his sefer Amudei Golah, it is  more commonly called by the name Sefer Mitzvos Katzar (Smak) due to its being  a summary of the Smag.

Rabbi Yitzchak of Corbeil, one of the 13th century Baalei Tosfos, was the son-in-law of  Rabbi Yechiel of Paris and brother-in-law of the Mordechai. He compiled his  sefer in order to indicate the sources and detailed halachos of every mitzvah  and stated his request: make as many copies of this sefer as possible in order  to disseminate it among the nation.

The sefer was written circa 1247,  following a series of calamitous events that befell French Jewry, beginning  with the confiscation of Jewish books in 1240, the public debate between the  Jews of France and Christian representatives, and subsequent burning of the  Talmud and all sifrei kodesh in years 1242 and 1244 (S.Schwartzfuchs, Yehudei Tzarfat B’yemei Habeinayim pp. 121-218).

Due the terrible dearth of sifrei  halachah that followed the tragic events described above, Rabbi Yitzchak  authored this sefer and divided it into seven amudim (pillars) in order to  motivate Jews throughout the Diaspora to study one pillar every day of the week;  hence the name of his sefer Amudei  Hagolah. 

Constantinople, 1510. First  Edition.

Page Count: [146]  leaves. Page Size: 19.6 cm. Title page with ornate border. Condition:  Two first and last leaves restored at margins; several other leaves very  lightly restored in the corners of the margins. Water stains and signs of use.

Ornate red leather binding with gilded engravings and matching case.

Marginalia: Many leaves of this sefer feature annotations, amendments and

additions in old Yemenite handwriting.

Bibliography: Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod #215

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