Аукцион 50 Tiferet - 50
от Tiferet Auctions
12.11.23
Beit HaDfus 12, B, 4th floor, Jerusalem, Израиль

Tiferet - Auction 50 of the Tiferet Auction House

Rare and exciting collection of precious items, the best of collectibles and Segulah items:

Letters by Chassidic shepherds, pedigreed copies of Tzaddikim, manuscripts by leading rabbis, books printed at the pedigreed printeries of Slavuta and Zhytomyr, artifacts that had belonged to Tzaddikim and first editions.

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ЛОТ 30:

Personal Signed Copy of Maran the Chida! Midrash Shir Hashirim, Izmir, 1739


Стартовая цена:
$ 2 500
Эстимейт :
$4 000 - $6 000
Комиссия аукционного дома: 25%
НДС: 17% Только на комиссию
Аукцион проходил 12.11.23 в Tiferet Auctions
теги: Книги

Personal Signed Copy of Maran the Chida! Midrash Shir Hashirim, Izmir, 1739

Personal copy of Maran the Chida, with his handwritten signature! Yeffe Kol, Midrash Shir Hashirim with a commentary by Rabbi Shmuel Yoffe Ashkenazi. The press of Yonah Ashkenazi and David Chazan. Izmir, [1739]. Rare. 


[2], 192 leaves. 30 cm. With an approbation by the editor. Rabbi Chaim Abulafia [the Second]. On the title page, the handwritten signature of the Chida. 

This is the second edition of this book. The first edition, however, the Venice ca. 1590 edition was originally incomplete. 


The great Rav Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai, the Chida [1724-1806]. A revered holy Gaon. Famed for his journeys and travels.


The Gaon Rabbi Chaim ben Rabbi Yaakov Abulafia (1660-1744) Shadar and Av beis Din of Safed, Izmir and Tiberius. One of the refounders of the Jewish Yishuv of Tiberius. Author of Yosef Lekach and Etz Chaim on the Torah and Yashresh Yaakov and Shvut Yaakov on Ein Yaakov. Was a disciple of Rabbi Moshe Galanti (the Second) at the Beis Yaakov Yeshiva of Jerusalem. 


Renewed binding. Stains. Wear to the edges and corners of the first and last leaves, affecting the text of some of the last leaves. Taping to the last leaf. Moth holes. Fair-good condition.