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LOT 115:
Rishon LeTzion – By the Or HaChaim HaKadosh – First Edition – Constantinople, 1750
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Rishon LeTzion – By the Or HaChaim HaKadosh – First Edition – Constantinople, 1750
Rishon LeTzion, novellae on the Talmud; on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah and Rambam; on the Five Megillot, Neviim and Ketuvim, by R. Chaim ibn Attar, the Or HaChaim. Constantinople: Brothers Reuven and Nissim [Ashkenazi], [1750]. First edition.
On leaf [2], illustration of the Temple, and approbation by the Torah scholars of Jerusalem in praise of the Or HaChaim, who had immigrated from Morocco to Jerusalem. On p. [2b], foreword of the publishers, disciples of the Or HaChaim, Torah scholars of the Knesset Yisrael yeshivah in Jerusalem, led by R. Yonah Navon (teacher of the Chida).
Signature on title page of R. Yechiel Michel of Poswol (Pasvalys), father-in-law of the renowned Tzadik and wonder-worker R. Pinchas Michael Grossleit, rabbi of Antipolye, and a descendant of the Seder HaDorot.
Inscription at the top of the title page (in square script): "Belongs to the great Torah scholar".
[2], 139 leaves (misfoliation). 29 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Worming, affecting text. Open tear to final leaf, affecting text (repaired with paper). Leaves trimmed close to text and headings, with slight damage in several places. Early stamps. Old binding (non-original).
