Sefer Yesod: Machaneh Ephraim.
First Edition. Constantinople, 1738
Chiddushim, halachic queries and responsa on Mishneh Torah of the Rambam by Rabbi Ephraim Navon, one of the greatest rabbis in Eretz Yisrael and later in Constantinople.
Machaneh Ephraim numbers among the most important works of scholarly Jewish literature and was enthusiastically received and studied extensively both in Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities throughout the Diaspora and in Litvish yeshivas. It is considered one of the essential works on the Rambam.
Rabbi Ephraim Navon (1677-1735), author of Machaneh Ephraim, was a brilliant scholar and dayan in the beis din of Baal ‘Mishneh LaMelech’ in Constantinople. In the haskamah to the Zolkva edition, the Chasam Sofer writes, “His name is mentioned throughout all the sefarim of the sages of Sephard, the great Acharonim.”
The Chida in Shem HaGedolim declares, “His comprehensive knowledge and proficiency are evident from his great work, and we have heard wonderful things about his Torah, brilliance, and piety.”
Constantinople, 1738. First edition.
Page Count: [3] 22, 106, 48 leaves.
Condition: Good general condition; nice margins. Punctures and stains, mostly at the end of the sefer. Adhesions on first and last pages.
On the title page is the signature of the Elder of the Kabbalists of Jerusalem, Rabbi Masoud HaCohen El-Chaddad [1820-1927], one of the heads of Yeshivas Beit El. Other signatures and notes in various writings.
Attached at the end is Sefer Rishon LeZion of Rabbeinu HaOhr HaChaim HaKadosh, Odessa, 1867.
Bibliography: Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod #317.
