Eshkol HaKofer with Nachal Eshkol by Karaite Yehudah Hadassi, Gözleve, 1836s

Eshkol HaKofer with Nachal Eshkol by Karaite Yehudah Hadassi, Gözleve, 1836s

Eshkol HaKofer with Nachal Eshkol by Karaite Yehudah Hadassi. Gozleve, 1836.

Specifications: [2] 155 leaves, 33 cm. With stamps of Rabbi Chaim Yosef Isser Gad of Johannesburg.

Treatise regarding the tenets of the Karaite faith, opposing rabbinic Judaism, arranged according to the Ten Commandments. Written in ancient Hebrew. Yehudah Hadassi, nicknamed "Ha-Avel" lived in Constantinople in the 12th century. This is his primary work. A number of Karaite works were printed in Gozeleve and they are all rare.
With Rabbi Chaim Yosef Isser Gad of Johannesburg's signature on the title page and last page.

Rabbi Chaim Yosef Isser Gad (1880-1969) was born in Kovno. His father was Rabbi Yitzchak Aryeh HaLevi. He moved to Johannesburg, South Africa in 1913 and then to Israel in 1955. He authored many works between 1936 and and 1969, (including: Nishmat Yosef, Toldot Beit Yosef, Geulat V'Yeshuat Yisrael, Sefer Peninim Yikarim regarding the values of Torah and Judaism). He also compiled and published commentaries on the Torah of the early authorities, including: Rabbeinu Saadya Gaon, Rabbeinu Efraim, Rabbeinu Yosef Bechor Shor, R' Yishaya di Tirani, Rabbeinu Menachem Meiri, Rabbeinu Shlomo ibn Gabriol, Rabbeinu Yonah Gerondi, Rabbi Elazar of Worms, the Rashb"a, the Rad"k, and R"Y Yaavetz.

Condition: Fine condition, aging stains, new binding. The title page was blemished and has been repaired. The spine is slightly loose, it has been reinforced inside the book with tape, folds along some of the leaves.