Mechilta. Daniel Bomberg Press. Venice, 1545
Midrash of Chazal on Shmos, attributed to the Tanna Rabbi Yishmael (Mechilta D’Rabbi Yishmael).
Midrash Mechilta is one of the foundational works of Chazal. The Chafetz Chaim wrote in his introduction to Toras Kohanim that “Toras Kohanim on Vayikrah, and Mechilta and Sifri are the foundations of the Oral Torah…and they are the source of all the Mishnayos and Braisos.”
The Mechilta was first published in Constantinople in the year 1515. This edition has some textual differences from the Constantinople version. (See Mechilta, Meir Ish Shalom Edition. Vienna, 1870. Introduction page 12.)
Venice, 1545. Daniel Bomberg Press 37, [1] leaves. Page size: 29 cm. Owner’s signatures from 1540s and on. Few faint stains. Title page professionally restored. Old cloth and half-leather binding.
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