LOT 32:
Two Books by the Geonim
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Two Books by the Geonim
A. Kohelet Sholomo - responsa by the early Geonim, mainly Rav Sherira Gaon and Rabbi Hai Gaon and his son Rabbi Yitzchak Alfasi (the "Rif"). First published from manuscripts that had been hidden until then, with glosses and correctiosn by Rabbi shlomo Aharon Wertheimer. Jerusalem, 1899.
93 leaves. 19 cm.
Condition: Excellent.
B. Seder Rav Amram Ha'Shalem, "which is the first Seder published in the world which was sent to the Jewish diaspora a thousand and forty years ago, by Rav Amram Gaon, head of the Sura Yeshiva, according to the traditions of both Yeshivot of Sura and Pumbedita, the Talmud scholars and geniuses of Babylon and on which all traditions and versions of prayers are based ֳƒֲ‚ֳ‚ֲ… copied from a manuscript on parchment of the Oxford Library in England". Around it, "Magel Ha'Elef" - Halachic commentary by the Rishonim and the sources of the blessing of the Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities. By Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin. Jerusalem, 1812.
Approbations by Rabbu Chaim Berlin and Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Ha'Cohen Kook.
[8], 5-10, 400, [6]; [5] pp. 239 leaves.
Title page cover. Another title page on the binding.
Condition: Excellent.

