Yeḥiʾel ben Yeḳutiʾel ʿAnaṿ

Jehiel ben Jekuthiel Anav (Yechiel ben Yekutiel Anav), also referred to as Jehiel ben Jekuthiel ben Benjamin HaRofe, who lived in Rome during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, was a famous scholar, poet, paytan and copyist.

He is best known as the author of Maalot HaMiddot, a work of musar literature.

He was the copyist of the Leiden Jerusalem Talmud, "the only extant complete manuscript of Jerusalem Talmud." This project, which he did in 1289, also involved correcting errors in the source document, another copy.

Career The Leiden Talmud was written in 1289 by Rabbi Jehiel ben Rabbi Jekuthiel ben rabbi Benjamin HaRofe.

Hilkhot Sheḥitah - on the laws of ritual slaughter (in manuscript).

Maalot HaMidot The Maalot HaMiddot , written during the 13th century while its author was in Rome, Italy, was originally published in Constantinople as "Beit Middot" in 1511/1512;

This musar sefer begins and ends with a poetic work, and describes 24 character trait elevations Generosity vs. Stinginess Derech Eretz Peace vs. Contention & Gossip

Leiden Jerusalem Talmud Jehiel ben Jekuthiel Anav was the copyist who hand-copied what today is known as the Leiden Jerusalem Talmud. Errors in Hebrew manuscripts were common since access to texts such as the Talmud was limited. This was partially due to the absence of printing. However most notably, Talmudic texts were rare since they were outlawed on several occasions. The most prominent example of this would be the Vatican decree to burn all Talmudic manuscripts. This decree led to the Paris book burnings of 1244. Yehiel writes that he copied the text from a different manuscript that was filled with scribal errors. However, Yechiel noted, he tried to correct as many errors as possible, and he humbly states 'I know that I have not corrected even half of the mistakes' and begs for the readers forgiveness.