Joseph ibn Habib was a Spanish

Spain

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 Talmudist who flourished in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Nimmuke Yosef

Like his predecessor, R. Nissim ben Reuben (RaN), Ibn Ḥabib wrote a commentary on the halakot of Isaac Alfasi

Isaac Alfasi

for other Al-Fasi's see Al-Fasi disambiguationIsaac ben Jacob Alfasi ha-Cohen - also known as the Alfasi or by his Hebrew acronym Rif , was a Talmudist and posek...

, entitled Nimmuḳe Yosef, published with the text and the commentary of R. Nissim (Constantinople, 1509). Against the opinion of David Conforte

David Conforte

David Conforte was a Hebrew literary historian born in Salonica, author of the literary chronicle known by the title Ḳore ha-Dorot.-Biography:...

 (Ḳore ha-Dorot, p. 26a) that Ibn Ḥabib commentated only those treatises which R. Nissim had omitted, Azulai (Shem ha-Gedolim) proved that Ibn Ḥabib's Nimmuḳe Yosef covered the entire halakot of Isaac Alfasi, but a part of it had remained unpublished, and that the commentary to the halakot of Moed Katan and Makkot

Makkot

Makkot is a book of the Mishnah and Talmud. It is the fifth volume of the book of Nezikin. Makkot deals primarily with laws of Jewish courts and the punishments which they may administer, and may be regarded as a continuation of tractate Sanhedrin, of which it originally formed part.Included in...

, attributed to R. Nissim, belongs to Ibn Ḥabib. The latter quotes Asher ben Jehiel

Asher ben Jehiel

Asher ben Jehiel- Ashkenazi was an eminent rabbi and Talmudist best known for his abstract of Talmudic law. He is often referred to as Rabbenu Asher, “our Rabbi Asher” or by the Hebrew acronym for this title, the ROSH...

, Yom-Tob ben Abraham, his master RaM, and R. Nissim himself. The Nimmuḳe Yosef on Ketubot and Nedarim was also included in the work Ishei Adonai (Leghorn, 1795), and the portion on Shebuot in the Bet ha-Beḥirah (ib. 1795). Azulai says that Ibn Ḥabib was the author of novellæ on the whole Talmud

Talmud

The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....

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Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography

• Azulai
  Chaim Joseph David Azulai
  Chaim Joseph David Azulai ben Isaac Zerachia , commonly known as the Chida , was a Jerusalem born rabbinical scholar, a noted bibliophile, and a pioneer in the publication of Jewish religious writings.- Biography :Azulai was born in Jerusalem, where he received his education...
  
  , Shem ha-Gedolim;
• David Cassel
  David Cassel
  David Cassel was a German historian and Jewish theologian.-Life:Cassel was born in Gross-Glogau, a city in Prussian Silesia with a large Jewish community. He graduated from its gymnasium....
  
  , in Ersch and Gruber, Encyc. section ii., part 31, p. 73;
• Moritz Steinschneider
  Moritz Steinschneider
  Moritz Steinschneider was a Bohemian bibliographer and Orientalist. He received his early instruction in Hebrew from his father, Jacob Steinschneider , who was not only an expert Talmudist, but was also well versed in secular science...
  
  , Cat. Bodl. col. 1449;
• Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 470.