Shnem Esreh Derashot. Venice, 1594. First Edition

Shnem Esreh Derashot. Venice, 1594. First Edition

Shnem Esreh Derashot by Rabbi Shmuel Yehudah Katzenelbogen - Maharashi"k. Venice, Juan Di Gara Press, 1594. First edition. The first eulogies for the Beit Yosef and the Ram"a!

One of the sermons is a sermon for Shabbat HaGadol that occurs on the eve of Passover. Some of the sermons are eulogies for the rabbinic leaders of his generation, including a eulogy upon the passing of Rabbi Moshe Isserlin - the Ram"a, and Rabbi Yosef Karo - author of Shulchan Aruch: "And I have just heard, and my stomach roiled, that my relative in Krakow passed away - the gaon Rabbi Moshe Isserlin, z"l ..."; " I have come to speak the praises of the deceased gaon (the Beit Yosef) whose broad wisdom has been perceived throughout the world - there was no greater, such that it can be said that from the Ramba"m and the Ramba"n to this time, there has been none other like him among the Jewish people who has increased Torah study and its observance ..." 

The author Rabbi Shmuel Yehudah Katzenelbogen - Maharashi"k [1521-1597] was one of the rabbinic leaders of his generation, a dayan, rabbi and head of the yeshivah in Venice. He was a son of Rabbi Meir Katzenelbogen - Mahara"m Padua. He corresponded with the leaders of his period, such as Rabbi Yosef Karo, the Maharsha"l and the Ram"a (who was his relative), who cite him in their books. His son was Rabbi Shaul Wahl, who was known as king of Poland for one day.

The book was printed in his lifetime by his disciples.

Owner's signature: The small one Zeligman Reiz, and others.

Haberman-Yudlov, HaMadpis Juan Di Gara 146.

65, [1] leaf, 20 cm.

Reinforced title page. Minimal worming perforations.