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Shulchan Tahor – Rare First Edition – Amsterdam, 1686

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Shulchan Tahor – Rare First Edition – Amsterdam, 1686


A rare miniature volume containing concise halachic rulings and practical laws from Orach Chaim needed for daily life, by Rabbi Yosef Pardo, grandson of Rabbi Yosef Pardo, the first Rav of the Portuguese community in Amsterdam.

The sefer was published by Rabbi Dovid Pardo, chazzan of the London Portuguese congregation.

The work was originally intended for laymen, whose knowledge of Torah was often limited. However, it evolved into a popular and widely used “Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, ” circulating widely and being reprinted numerous times, including adaptations for Ashkenazic communities according to the rulings of the Rema.

The present copy is the rare first edition.

Miniature Edition

The volume was deliberately printed in pocket format, “in a small volume so that it can be carried in one’s pocket, ” enabling its owners to study it at all times, even while traveling. As Rabbi Moshe Yehudah ben Kalonymus HaKohen, Rav of Amsterdam’s Ashkenazic community, wrote in his approbation: “It is of great benefit… to have in a small volume so that it may be carried by every person… and thereby fulfill [the pasuk] ‘when you sit in your house and when you travel.’”

At the beginning of the sefer there are approbations from the leading rabbanim of Amsterdam: Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav, Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas, and Rabbi Shlomo de Oliveira, who also reviewed the text and added several halachos. (After publication, Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav requested that Rabbi Shlomo prepare a second volume covering the laws of Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat. Although he completed the work, it remained in manuscript form – see Judaica Catalog, Summer 1998, no. 83).

Amsterdam, 1686. First edition.

Page Count: [11], 96 leaves.
Size: 9.8 cm.
Condition: Complete, including the Portuguese-language leaves containing the author’s introduction (in addition to the Hebrew) and summaries of the approbations. The upper headlines are trimmed on a few leaves. Antique leather binding, possibly original, worn at the spine.

Identity of the Author

Bibliographers have long been uncertain regarding the identity of the author. The title page, introductions, and approbations do not present the matter clearly. Some attributed the work to Rabbi Dovid Pardo (as appears from the approbation of the Rav of Amsterdam’s Ashkenazic community), while others attributed it to his father, Rabbi Yosef Pardo, grandson of Rabbi Yosef Pardo, the first Rav of Amsterdam’s Portuguese congregation. Others suggested a compromise — supported by the approbation of the Sephardic sages of Amsterdam — that Rabbi Yosef composed the work, while Rabbi Dovid edited it and added supplementary material.

In his introduction, Rabbi Dovid states explicitly that he found the manuscript by his father, Rabbi Yosef Pardo. However, even from these words, it remains unclear whether his father was the actual author or merely possessed the manuscript.





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Miniature.

Shulchan Tahor – Rare First Edition – Amsterdam, 1686


A rare miniature volume containing concise halachic rulings and practical laws from Orach Chaim needed for daily life, by Rabbi Yosef Pardo, grandson of Rabbi Yosef Pardo, the first Rav of the Portuguese community in Amsterdam.

The sefer was published by Rabbi Dovid Pardo, chazzan of the London Portuguese congregation.

The work was originally intended for laymen, whose knowledge of Torah was often limited. However, it evolved into a popular and widely used “Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, ” circulating widely and being reprinted numerous times, including adaptations for Ashkenazic communities according to the rulings of the Rema.

The present copy is the rare first edition.

Miniature Edition

The volume was deliberately printed in pocket format, “in a small volume so that it can be carried in one’s pocket, ” enabling its owners to study it at all times, even while traveling. As Rabbi Moshe Yehudah ben Kalonymus HaKohen, Rav of Amsterdam’s Ashkenazic community, wrote in his approbation: “It is of great benefit… to have in a small volume so that it may be carried by every person… and thereby fulfill [the pasuk] ‘when you sit in your house and when you travel.’”

At the beginning of the sefer there are approbations from the leading rabbanim of Amsterdam: Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav, Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas, and Rabbi Shlomo de Oliveira, who also reviewed the text and added several halachos. (After publication, Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav requested that Rabbi Shlomo prepare a second volume covering the laws of Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat. Although he completed the work, it remained in manuscript form – see Judaica Catalog, Summer 1998, no. 83).

Amsterdam, 1686. First edition.

Page Count: [11], 96 leaves.
Size: 9.8 cm.
Condition: Complete, including the Portuguese-language leaves containing the author’s introduction (in addition to the Hebrew) and summaries of the approbations. The upper headlines are trimmed on a few leaves. Antique leather binding, possibly original, worn at the spine.

Identity of the Author

Bibliographers have long been uncertain regarding the identity of the author. The title page, introductions, and approbations do not present the matter clearly. Some attributed the work to Rabbi Dovid Pardo (as appears from the approbation of the Rav of Amsterdam’s Ashkenazic community), while others attributed it to his father, Rabbi Yosef Pardo, grandson of Rabbi Yosef Pardo, the first Rav of Amsterdam’s Portuguese congregation. Others suggested a compromise — supported by the approbation of the Sephardic sages of Amsterdam — that Rabbi Yosef composed the work, while Rabbi Dovid edited it and added supplementary material.

In his introduction, Rabbi Dovid states explicitly that he found the manuscript by his father, Rabbi Yosef Pardo. However, even from these words, it remains unclear whether his father was the actual author or merely possessed the manuscript.





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Miniature.

Shulchan Tahor – Rare First Edition – Amsterdam, 1686


A rare miniature volume containing concise halachic rulings and practical laws from Orach Chaim needed for daily life, by Rabbi Yosef Pardo, grandson of Rabbi Yosef Pardo, the first Rav of the Portuguese community in Amsterdam.

The sefer was published by Rabbi Dovid Pardo, chazzan of the London Portuguese congregation.

The work was originally intended for laymen, whose knowledge of Torah was often limited. However, it evolved into a popular and widely used “Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, ” circulating widely and being reprinted numerous times, including adaptations for Ashkenazic communities according to the rulings of the Rema.

The present copy is the rare first edition.

Miniature Edition

The volume was deliberately printed in pocket format, “in a small volume so that it can be carried in one’s pocket, ” enabling its owners to study it at all times, even while traveling. As Rabbi Moshe Yehudah ben Kalonymus HaKohen, Rav of Amsterdam’s Ashkenazic community, wrote in his approbation: “It is of great benefit… to have in a small volume so that it may be carried by every person… and thereby fulfill [the pasuk] ‘when you sit in your house and when you travel.’”

At the beginning of the sefer there are approbations from the leading rabbanim of Amsterdam: Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav, Rabbi Yaakov Sasportas, and Rabbi Shlomo de Oliveira, who also reviewed the text and added several halachos. (After publication, Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav requested that Rabbi Shlomo prepare a second volume covering the laws of Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat. Although he completed the work, it remained in manuscript form – see Judaica Catalog, Summer 1998, no. 83).

Amsterdam, 1686. First edition.

Page Count: [11], 96 leaves.
Size: 9.8 cm.
Condition: Complete, including the Portuguese-language leaves containing the author’s introduction (in addition to the Hebrew) and summaries of the approbations. The upper headlines are trimmed on a few leaves. Antique leather binding, possibly original, worn at the spine.

Identity of the Author

Bibliographers have long been uncertain regarding the identity of the author. The title page, introductions, and approbations do not present the matter clearly. Some attributed the work to Rabbi Dovid Pardo (as appears from the approbation of the Rav of Amsterdam’s Ashkenazic community), while others attributed it to his father, Rabbi Yosef Pardo, grandson of Rabbi Yosef Pardo, the first Rav of Amsterdam’s Portuguese congregation. Others suggested a compromise — supported by the approbation of the Sephardic sages of Amsterdam — that Rabbi Yosef composed the work, while Rabbi Dovid edited it and added supplementary material.

In his introduction, Rabbi Dovid states explicitly that he found the manuscript by his father, Rabbi Yosef Pardo. However, even from these words, it remains unclear whether his father was the actual author or merely possessed the manuscript.