NATHAN B. LABI (B. JUDAH):

German liturgist; lived at the beginning of the fourteenth century. He was the author of a liturgical work entitled "Sefer Maḥkim," and sometimes quoted as "Sefer ha-Minhagim." Though it was not published, the book was often used by other writers on the liturgy. Two copies of the manuscript are extant, one in Vienna and one in Hamburg.

Bibliography:
  • Joseph Colon, Responsa, No. 49;
  • Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 320, No. 991;
  • Zunz, Ritus, pp. 28, 202, 203;
  • Fürst, Bibl. Jud. iii. 113, s.v. M. Popers;
  • R. E. J. xxv. 67, note 1.
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