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The Printing of the Shulhan Aruch

R. Yair Hoffman has some comments on the printing of the Shulhan Aruch,
Most of us know that the Shulchan Aruch was written by Rabbi Yoseph Karo. Most of us also know that the additions of the Rama, Rabbi Moshe Isserless, were added to the Shulchan Aruch and they served to eventually make the Shulchan Aruch [...]

The Earliest Printed Book in Hebrew

At Britannica Blog, via Cliopatria, there is a partial listing of the first books printed in numerous languages (see numerous corrections in the comments). For Hebrew there is listed “Rashi, [Commentary on the Midrash] (Rome, Italy, 1470)”. This is only partially correct. The first book printed in Hebrew with a date is [...]