Kaf HaChaim. Complete Set. First Edition

Kaf HaChaim. Complete Set. First Edition

Kaf HaChaim - monumental work composed of eight parts on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim by the gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Chaim Sofer of Baghdad, known by the name of this work, as the author of Kaf HaChaim. All the parts, except Part I, are the first edition.

The composition before us was written by Rabbi Ya'akov Chaim Sofer over close to 40 years, from his youth until close to his passing. (At the end of his life, he also began to write on the Yoreh Deah section of Shulchan Aruch, but he only managed to write one volume, and in the middle of the second volume, he passed away. After his passing, Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef completed the part of the second volume that was lacking.) The book is similar in its structure to the Ashkenazic Mishnah Berurah, and was likewise accepted unchallenged by all the Sephardic communities as the ultimate book of halachah.

The gaon Rabbi Ya'akov Chaim Sofer [1867-1939] was a halachic adjudicator and Kabbalist. He was born in Baghdad and granted rabbinic ordination by the leader of the Iraqi diaspora, the author of Ben Ish Chai. He ascended to the Land of Israel in 1904 where he joined the Kabbalistic scholars in the Rechovot HaNahar yeshivah, and was a disciple/colleague of Rabbi Chaim Shaul HaKohen Dweck.

Following are specifications of the parts:

Part I: Orach Chaim, [simanim 1-88]. Y. Abukasis and P. Einav's Aviv Press. Jerusalem, 1929. Second edition of the book with approbations and the author's preface. [4], 139 leaves. Approximately 30 cm. Written on the back of the title page: (That due to the first edition's running out, ) the book is being reprinted. Indeed, in many of the sets, the first part is from the second edition.

Part II: Orach Chaim, [simanim 89-156]. Moriah Shenbaum-Weiss Press. Jerusalem, 1913. First edition. [2], 181 leaves. Approximately 24 cm.

Part III: Orach Chaim, [simanim 157-241]. Jerusalem, 1915. First edition. [2], 190 leaves, approximately 24 cm.

Part IV: Orach Chaim, [simanim 242-318]. Moriah Shenbaum-Weiss Press. Jerusalem, 1920. First edition. [2], 165 leaves. Approximately 29 cm.

Part V: Orach Chaim, [simanim 319-428]. Y. A. Weiss Press. Jerusalem, 1924. First edition. [1], 179, [1] leaf. Approximately 29 cm.

Part VI: Orach Chaim, [simanim 429-494]. Aviv Lipschitz and Son and Einav Press. Jerusalem, 1928. First edition. [2], 165 leaves. Approximately 29 cm.

Part VII: Orach Chaim, [simanim 495-580]. P. Einav Press. Jerusalem, 1931. First edition. [2], 151 leaves. Approximately 29 cm.

Part VIII: Orach Chaim, [simanim 581-697]. P. Einav Press. Jerusalem, 1933. First edition. [2], 176 leaves. Approximately 29 cm.

The set is bound in four volumes, overall fine condition. Signatures.