Auction 3 Part 1
Rabbis Letters & Religious Books
Jul 27, 2015
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Israel
Harav Maimon 2, Jerusalem
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LOT 344:
Vezot Li'yehuda – Zoltzbach 1776 – First Edition – Most Rare – with comments of Rabbis, the grandsons of Mullah Or ...
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Vezot Li'yehuda – Zoltzbach 1776 – First Edition – Most Rare – with comments of Rabbis, the grandsons of Mullah Or Shraga
The author: Rabbi Yehuda Ayash (1688-1748), one of the greatest rabbis and adjudicators in Algeria and the Eastern Jewry in general.
Two parts: "The first part … aggada and mussar … the second part the commentary of the MAHARM on the Torah and commentary on Maimonides' Sefer Ha'Mitzvot…"
The book belonged to rabbis of the Shraga family, the grandsons of the great Persian Torah Scholar, Mullah Or Shraga. It was given as a gift to Rabbi Yitzchak Shraga, the grandson of the Or Shraga and the author of 'Chok le'Yitzchak' and then passed on to his son, Rabbi Moshe, and then to his son, Rabbi Refael. In the inner cover there are notes, signatures and stamps of the family members. One stamp: "Refael ben Ha'Chacham Moshe Neched Le'Hamaor" (Refael son of the scholar Moshe, grandson of Ha'maor). An additional stamp of "Moshe ben rabbi Yitzchak, neched (grandson) Ha'maor Shraga" and another stamp of an additional fa,ily member.
On the first page there us a warm dedication to "the wise and lucid … the excellent rabbinical judge … Yitzchak … Katzin[?]…" (In the second part of the book there is a comment of his with his signature).
On the inner page of the cover there are handwritten kabbalist comments. On page 25, a stamp and signature and in several other places, handwritten comments. There is also a handwritten note added to the book.
78; 48 pp.
Condition: Good. 7 pages are missing from part 1. The cover is in fair condition.

