Beschreibung:

Abraham Hayyim Rodrigues was a rabbi and the head of the Yeshiva in Livorno, Italy. He was the teacher of Malachi ben Jacob ha-Cohen, the author of the well-known book, Yad Malachi. The title-page for the first manuscript reads:  elleh divrei ha-berit, etc., from the comments [hiddushim] that were discussed [she-nithhadshu] in the yeshivah of Abraham Hayyim Rodrigues, collected and written by a pupil of his in 1726. Within the first manuscript, there is a distinct title-page that reads: “The rest of our teacher’s comments on Rashi,” and is signed 1726 in Livorno.  The final 25 leaves are written in a different hand and taken from a different manuscript. They are bound upside down and contain an alphabetical collection of sayings, grammatical remarks, etc. At the text’s conclusion it is signed: ani maavar yabok, with the letters yb”k emphasized. (fol. 104v).
Bound with: Alphabetical Collection of Sayings and Grammatical Remarks, Abraham Hayyim Rodrigues, [Italy], 1726
Physical DescriptionVol. 1: 79 leaves on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 inches; 149 x 102 mm, written in black ink in Sefardi cursive script (fols. 71-79 written in brown ink), decorated title-page, catchwords, original foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil; title-page defective, first and final folios soiled, some passages crossed out , marginal worming, fore-edges dampstained. Library buckram. 
Vol. 2: 26 leaves on paper, 5 ½ x 4 inches; 140 x 102 mm, written in brown ink in Sefardi cursive script, in a different hand from above, early foliation in ink (numbered 1-28), modern foliation in pencil, continuous with other text (numbered 80-104); fols. 80-82 and 103-104 soiled and very worn.
LiteratureHirschfeld (ms. no. 44)