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Pedigreed copy. Mareh HaOfanim, with Kuntres Yagel Yaakov by Rabbi Yaakov Feitusi. Livorno, [1810]. First ...
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Pedigreed copy. Mareh HaOfanim, with Kuntres Yagel Yaakov by Rabbi Yaakov Feitusi. Livorno, [1810]. First edition. The personal copy of Rabbi Yaakov Antebi Av Beis Din of Damascus.
Mareh HaOfanim, Tosfos HaRosh on Tractate Sotah and Chidushei HaRa'aH on Tractate Beitza, with Kuntres Yagel Yaakov by Rabbi Yaakov Feitusi. Yaakov Arobas Press, Livorno, [1810]. With the handwritten signature of Rabbi Yaakov Antebi. First edition.
[2], 117 leaves, 30 cm. Signatures of Rabbi Yaakov Antebi. Dedication of the Sefer to the "Menachem Zion" Beis Midrash in Churvat Rabbi Yehuda HaChassid and stamps of the Beis Midrash.
Rabbi Yaakov ben Rabbi David Yitzchak Antebi (1787-1847) was born in Halbb (Aleppo), Syria. Was a great Talmid Chacham in Nigleh and Nistar, receiving his Hora'ah Semicha in 1809. Received his rabbinic Semicha by the Rishon LeZion Rabbi Raphael Yosef Chazan. After his marriage, served as Av Beis Din of Damascus. In 1840, during the events of the Damascus Affair, he was arrested and tortured. Following the efforts of Sir Moses Montefiore, the Rav was released in 1841 and settled in Jerusalem. Some of his many innovations were published in Sefer Abir Yaakov and his memories from the time he was imprisoned were published at the end of Sefer Ohel Yesharim.
Worn, semi-leather binding, aging stains, loose spine, fair-good condition.
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