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The First Haggadah in Eretz Yisrael by Yisrael Bak
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The First Haggadah in Eretz Yisrael by Yisrael Bak
Rare and valuable: the first Haggadah that was published in Erez Yisrael and one of the first Hebrew titles that were ever printed in Jerusalem. Complete copy in an ancient binding.
Passover Haggadah with Kabbalat Shabbat, Aravit and Seder Sefirat HaOmer. Jerusalem, at the famed printery of Rabbi Yisrael Bak in 1842.
The first Haggadah that was printed in Jerusalem and one of the first Hebrew titles that were printed in Jerusalem at the printery established by Rabbi Yisrael Bak. At the beginning of the Haggadah, a foreword by the printer, who writes about the establishment of the new printery in the Holy City: "...and we have merited residing in our country and G-d has filled me with sense and wisdom to work as a printer as you can see and bring merit to my brothers Bnei Yisrael to teach and study from Sifrei Kodesh that are printed here in Jerusalem...".
The famed printer Rabbi Yisrael Bak (1797-1875): a disciple of the leading rabbis of the Chassidic Movement - the Admorim Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev and Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin. He was born in Berditchev and since his youth, worked as a printer. In 1815, he established a (second) printing house in Berditchev, where he printed approx. 26 books before immigrating to Eretz Yisrael. It is told that he was the one who designed the types of Slavita. After his immigration to Eretz Yisrael in ca. 1831, he settled in Safed, where he established a printing house that operated for a short while, until the city was destroyed in the earthquake of 1837. In 1841, Rabbi Yisrael Bak re-established his printing house in Jerusalem, being the first printing house in Jerusalem that printed Hebrew books and the only one in the town until the mid-1860s.
About Rabbi Yisrael Bak and his printing house, see more: Shoshana Halevi, Sifrei Yerushalayim Harishonim, Jerusalem 1976, pp. 15-27; Meir Bnayahu, Beit Dfuso shel R. Yisrael Bak, Areshet, IV, Jerusalem 1966, pp. 271-295.
[30] leaves. Complete copy. Good condition. Many wine stains. Ancient leather binding. extremely rare.
The fourth Hebrew book printed in Jerusalem. S. Halevi 5; Yaari 618; Otzar Hahaggadot 849.
Priceless - the first Haggadah in Eretz Yisrael that was printed by a disciple of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin and Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
