Ma'aseh Roke'ach on Maimonides - Second and Third Sections - Livorno, 1862-1863. First Edition

Ma'aseh Roke'ach on Maimonides - Second and Third Sections - Livorno, 1862-1863. First Edition
A. Ma'aseh Roke'ach – on Maimonides' Mishne Torah. Section B – on Seder Nashim and Kedusha. By Rabbi Mas'ud Rakach. Livorni, 1862-1863. First edition.
Published by Rabbi Chaim Adadi of Tripoli.
From leaf 147 and onward: "Yein Ha'Roke'ach" – Likutim of the Tur and response by the author. On leaf 157: approbations by the rabbis of Tripoli regarding charity matters.
Many important approbations by the rabbis of Tiberius, Rabbi Chaim Falaggi, Rabbi Avraham Chaim Adadi, the rabbis of Tripoli, Rabbi Raphael Meir Panigel the Rishon Le'Zion.
On leaf 60 two handwritten glosses.
157 leaves.
Condition: Good-Fair. Original, detached binding.

B. Ma'aseh Roke'ach, section C – Ha'Pela'ah, Zera'im. Avoda, Korbanot and Tahara. Livorno, 1863. First edition.
Published by the author's grandson, Rabbi Ya'akov Rakach.
167 leaves.
Condition: Good. Original binding. Damage to binding.

The book "Ma'aseh Roke'ach" is a large, comprehensive commentary on Maimonides' "Mishne Torah", whose sections were was published in different periods: Section A – Venice, Venice – 1744. Sections B and C – Livorno, 1862-1863. Section D – Tel Aviv, 1964.

The author, Rabbi Mas'ud Rakach (1690-1768) was the disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak Ha'Cohen Rappaport, author of "Batei Kehuna" in Izmir. He immigrated to Jerusalem in 1729. He was sent as a rabbinical emissary (Shadar) to Italy and then to Tripoli. He was asked by the community there to remain with them as a chief rabbi and Av Beit Din.