É. Apor (ed.): David Kaufmann Memorial Volume: Papers Presented at the David Kaufmann Memorial Conference, November 29, 1999, Budapest.

RICHLER, Benjamin: Some Observations on Weisz's Catalogue of the Kaufmann Collection

BENJAMIN RICHLER Catalogue no. A 29 Weisz assumed that the Sharh Esther was compiled by Solomon b. Jeroham, author of the Sharh Eikha, which occupies the bulk of the MS, but in fact it is by Judah Meir Taurizi. Talmud Commentaries and Halakha Catalogue no. A 52 Weisz listed only Tosafot by Rabbenu Peretz on TB Bava Mezia and Tosafot Gornish on Yevamot. These two works occupy ff. 1-158. Weisz did not record an anonymous 16thcentury commentary on Tosafot on TB Hullin on ff. 158v-190, some other novellae on the same tractate on ff. 190-193 and novellae on TB Ketubbot on ff. 194-275. Catalogue no. A 55 The "anonymous" commentary on TB Shavuot is, in fact, by Moses b. Nahman. Catalogue no. A 60 The treatise is not novellae by Samuel David Ottolenghi as Weisz writes, but Samuel Del Vecchio's Tikkunei ha-Rif. Catalogue no. A 137 The responsa by R. Israel on ff. 1-20 and 197-558 are not by Israel Bruenn as Weisz surmised but by Israel Isserlein and are, in fact, a copy of Isserlein's Terumot ha-Deshen, part 2, paragraphs 69-267. Kabbalah As we said earlier, the section on Kabbalah is the part of the catalogue most in need of revision due to the monumental studies by Gershom Scholem and his students and followers. Catalogue nos. A 177-178 The treatise is not the work by Joseph Gikatilla bearing the same title but is Moses b. Nahman's Iggeret ha-Kodesh

, sometimes also called Sha'arei ha-Kodesh. Catalogue no. A 182 Sefer ha-Peliah is copied in this MS and not Sefer ha-Kanah. The scribe of the MS erred and called it Sefer ha-Kanah and Weisz repeated the mistake. 20