Assaf Hamazkir
Venice, 1675. First Edition.
Unique and fascinating sefer by Rabbi Zecharya of Porto containing an index of all sefarim on drush that explain the Aggadah of Chazal cited in Ein Yaakov. This work includes precise reference notes for dozens of fundamental sefarim of drush and is an excellent resource for lecturers.
The sefer was published by Bnei HaTalmud Torah in Rome, to which the author bequeathed all his sefarim, including the manuscript of this sefer. In his will, he requested that this sefer be printed.
Rabbi Zecharya of Porto was a brilliant Torah scholar, prolific author, and wealthy philanthropist who bequeathed his colossal fortune and library to Italian Jewish communities and the Yishuv in Eretz Yisrael. (See list of sums donated in the preface to this sefer.) A discussion regarding his will appears in Shu”t Mayim Rabim, Choshen Mishpat Ch. 33-42 (Amsterdam, 1737).
Venice, 1675. First edition. Page count: [4] 300 leaves.
Page size: 20 cm. Illustrated title page with images of Moshe, Aharon, and angels. Half-leather and American cloth binding.
