Auction 4 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Apr 22, 2009 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 26:

Poem in Honor of Rabbi Efraim Elnekaveh, Oran (Algeria), 1909

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Poem in honor of Rabbi Efraim Elnekaveh, by Avraham Lesri. Illustrated. Algeria, 1909.
Lithograpgy, includes illustrations of the tzaddik's home, a house built at his gravesite and two lions (lions are related to tales about the tzaddik). Rabbi Efraim Elnekaveh (d. 1448) lived in the lifetime of Rabbi Yitzhak Bar Sheshet (the Ribash) and is mentioned in the latter's book, Shut Ribash (Responsum of the Ribash). He authored the work "Sha'ar K'vod Hashem", Tunis 1902, regarding the Ramban's criticism of "Moreh Nevohim". The Hida wrote of Rabbi Efraim Elnekaveh, "a great Rabbi in the city of Tlemcen knowledgable in miracles". His grave in the city of Tlemcen became a pilgrimage site, and this poem was written for the "Ziara" (pilgrimage) to the tzaddik's grave. See: Eliyahu Martziano, Malkhei Yeshurun, Jerusalem 2000, pages 46-47.
[1] page, 56x38 cm.Blue paper. Good condition, few holes and slight damage. Folding lines. Small tears to edges and stains.
Very rare. Not in the National Library.

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