Sefer Yesod:
Mechilta
Bomberg Press. Beautiful Copy, Venice, 1545
Midrash by Chazal on Sefer Shmos, attributed to the Beis Midrash of the Tanna Rabbi Yishmael (Mechilta D’Rabbi Yishmael).
This is the edition that most scholars used in earlier generations.
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 itself 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 p. 12.)
Venice, 1545. Daniel Bomberg Press
Page Count: 37 leaves.
Condition: Good with clear, legible text. Attractive new leather binding. Owners’ signatures.
Bibliography: Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod #118 in notes
