Zevah Shemu’el, R. Jacob Weil; R. Samuel ben Moses of Lisa, Dyhernfurth 1822 
זבח שמואל - First Edition of Notes
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- Lot Number 52894
- Title (English) Zevah Shemu’el
- Title (Hebrew) זבח שמואל
- Note First Edition of Notes
- Author R. Jacob Weil; R. Samuel ben Moses of Lisa
- City Dyhernfurth
- Publisher דפוס הירש ווארשויער
- Publication Date 1822
- Estimated Price - Low 200
- Estimated Price - High 500
- Item # 2267938
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Physical Description
First edition of notes, quarto, [4], 57, [3] ff. 185:158 mm. age and damp staining, nice margins. A good copy bound in contemporary full leather over boards, rubbed.
First edition of Yiddish instructions of nikor (removing prohibited fat from carcass) by grandson of Author.
A well preserved copy of a heavily used text. These editions were extensively studied and used by tradesmen in the kosher meat industry.
Detail Description
Comprehensive work on the laws of shehitah and bedikah by R. Jacob Weil with commentary and annotations by R. Samuel ben Moses of Lisa. The title-page is followed by introductions and then the text. At the end of the volume is a table of contents listing the subject matter of the book, beginning with the place of shehitah and concluding with the laws of nikor.
R. Jacob ben Judah Weil (d. before 1456) was a German rabbi and halakhic authority in the first half of 15 century. He was the author of Hilkhot Sheḥitah u-Vedikah ("laws of slaughtering and examination") which was accepted as halakhic practice by the Ashkenazim and has been republished more than 70 times. Zevah Shemu’el, on that work, has proven to be a popular commentary and has also been published several times.
Hebrew Description
דף [1-2] בסוף: סדר ניקור חלק הפנים ובני מעיים (דיני עופות) בלשון אשכנז.
על-פי פראנקפורט דאדרה תקי"ג, עם שמות המסכימים, ובתוספת "דרישת זאב".
References
BE zayin 38; EJ; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1470-1960 #000130945