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Over 500 year old sefer! Amudei Golah by the Smak. First  Edition.

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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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Over 500 year old sefer! Amudei Golah by the Smak. First  Edition.

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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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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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