Halakhah adam mi-Yiśraʼel
Yiśraʼel ben Yaʻaḳov, a.b.d. bi-ḳ.ḳ. Zalozits uvi-ḳ.ḳ. Loḳaṭsh, active 18th century
Halakhah adam mi-Yiśraʼel le-ferushim ba-mekomot ha-setumim: ba-Shas, be-Rashi uva-Tosafot (Halakhah of the Man from Israel for Interpretation of Complex Places in Talmud, Rashi’s commentary and Tosafot)
Zolḳṿa, ca. 1739
Halakhah is the totality of Jewish religious law, and the book offers a practical guide for the daily life of a religious Jew.
The author, Israel ben Yakov, who served as head of a rabbinical court in Załoźce and Łokacz, based his work on the earlier writings of Avraham Abele (1635–1682), a recognized Halakhah scholar. Early books printed in Eastern Europe often were written by local authors, who catered to the needs of their respective communities, while the classic authoritative texts were still imported from the major centers of Hebrew printing in Europe, such as Amsterdam.
The town of Zolḳṿa (or Zhovkva) in the Lviv region of contemporary Ukraine was an important center of early Hebrew printing from 1692 through the late 18th century. Even so, the books produced in Zhovkva frequently featured the place of publication as Amsterdam—a highly esteemed hub of Jewish printing—in large letters and mentioned the true location in smaller ones, to raise the books’ prestige.
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