Otzrot Chaim - Dedication by HaRav HaSadeh / Zichron Tov - Dedications by Rabbi Ya'akov Entebbe

Otzrot Chaim - Dedication by HaRav HaSadeh / Zichron Tov - Dedications by Rabbi Ya'akov Entebbe
Two books with dedications by leading Aleppo rabbis:
1. Otzrot Chaim, by Rabbi Chaim Vital, with the Eifah Shleima commentary by Rabbi Chaim Shaul HaCohen Dweck. Jerusalem, [1907]. At the beginning of the title page is a dedication to Ms. Farha Sassoon, in scribal writing and with the stamp of the author the Rav HaSadeh - the Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Shaul HaCohen Dweck. Mentioned in the dedication is the name of the emissary who wrote the dedication: "This gift is sent by the emissary of Jerusalem Chaim Yitzchak HaCohen Traub…for the dear women…who loves the Torah and its learners Ms. Farha Saliman David Sassoon…".
[2], 57, [1] leaves. 36 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Old binding with leather spine.
2. Zichron Tov, words of musar by Rabbi Moshe son of Reuven Roza. With and introduction by the publisher Rabbi Shmuel Morsay of Aleppo. Livorno, [1845]. At the top is a cutoff dedication signed "From me who is awaiting the kindness of my Rock and Protector - Y. Entebbe". Rabbi Ya'akov Entebbe, an Aleppo Torah sage and a rabbi in Damascus. During the Christian blood libel in Damascus in 1840, he sat in prison and valiantly endured heavy torture [he wrote a well-known letter to Montefiore about the libel and his imprisonment]. After he was released from prison, he left the rabbinate and moved to Jerusalem. There he died in Tishrei 1846. Written on his tombstone: "The Torah scholar renowned for his holiness and piety, who sacrificed his body and soul to sanctify G-d's name in public…at the time he served as rabbi and Moreh Tzedek in the city of Damascus".
43 leaves. 14 cm. Fair-poor condition. Heavy worming to text. Half-leather binding, damaged by worming.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.