Auction 51 Tiferet - Auction 51
By Tiferet Auctions
Dec 6, 2023
Beit HaDfus 12, B, 4th floor, Jerusalem, Israel

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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[2] rare books by Rabbi Chizkiya Da Silva. ...

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Start price:
$ 250
Estimated price :
$500 - $600
Buyer's Premium: 23%
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Auction took place on Dec 6, 2023 at Tiferet Auctions
tags: Books

[2] rare books by Rabbi Chizkiya Da Silva. Amsterdam, [1730], in a single volume: Pri Chadash, the Yoreh Deah sections and Sefer Mayim Chaim on the Talmud, the Rambam and more. 


* Sefer Pri Chadash, elucidation on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah [Siman 46-149, with the text and Likutim] by the Gaon Rabbi Chizkiya Da Silva. Yitzchak Tempelo Press, Amsterdam. [1730]. [4], 60 leaves. 31 cm. Without the two Latin leaves that appear in some copies. On the flyleaf, a list of books. An ownership notation on the title page with stamps of the Beis Midrash of Vienna. And with a gloss in Sephardic script on leaf 50b. 


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* Sefer Mayim Chaim, Shita on the Talmud and the Rambam. Moshe Frankfurt Press, Amsterdam, [1730]. First edition, rare. 

[1], 44 leaves. 31 cm. With agloss in Sephardic script on leaf 39. Minor blemishes to the title page. 


Rabbi Chizkiah Da Silva (1656-1698), one of the leading contemporary Poskim.  Born in Livorno and immigrated to Jerusalem, where he learned diligently and served as Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Yaakov Viga'. His book Pri Chadash on Shulchan Aruch is considered a fundamental Psikah book. In 1689 he was sent to Europe as a Shadar, publishing his his book in Amsterdam. 


Semi-leather binding. Stains. Some minor blemishes. Good condition. 


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