Auction 20
Lot 050:
Levush Ir Shushan (section) on the Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat. By Rabbi Mordechai Yafeh the “Ba’al HaLevushim.” Printed by Moshe bar Betzalel Katz Mehokek. First edition of the Levush Ir Shushan, printed during the life of the author. Warning by the HaLevushim and the symbol of the printers. The Chafetz Haim writes in his book Nidchei Yisrael (Chapter 23) that Rabbi Mordechai Yafeh nicknamed his book Levushim because of an event that occurred: Rabbi Mordechai was good-looking, and one of the women of the Christian aristocracy was attracted to him. She invited him to her home for business purposes, locked him in her home, and demanded that he accede to her. He refused utterly, and after she refused to release him he escaped via the sewer, and all ten articles of his clothing were completely destroyed. In memory of the event he wrote ten books called “Levushim.” | Stains from moisture, moth damage. New binding, reinforcement with tape. Stamps of ownership. | 207 pages. 31cm. Generally good condition.
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