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Simchat Yehudah / Chagei Yehudah – Pisa, 1816 – Copy of Rabbi Yirmiyahu Löw, Rabbi of Ujhel, With His Signature

Simchat Yehudah, on Tractate Keretot and the minor tractates (Sofrim, Semachot, Kallah, Derech Eretz, Perek HaShalom and Avot DeRabbi Natan), by R. Yehudah Najar. Pisa: Shmuel Molcho and sons, [1816].

Bound with: Chagei Yehudah, on the minor tractates (Gerim, Avadim and Kutim), and on the laws of festival days in the Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (Smag), by R. Yehudah Najar. Pisa: Shmuel Molcho and sons, [1816]. First editions, printed in the lifetime of the author, a leading rabbi of Tunis.

Copy of R. Yirmiyahu Löw, author of Divrei Yirmiyahu. His signature appears on the title page.
R. Yirmiyahu Löw (1811-1874) was one of the leading Torah scholars of Hungary in the generation of the Ktav Sofer. Son of R. Binyamin Wolf Löw, author of Shaarei Torah. He served as Rabbi of Vrbové and Ujhel. He authored the Divrei Yirmiyahu series on the Rambam, Talmud, novellae and homilies.

[1], 28; 2-30; 14 leaves. [1], 2-44 leaves. 29 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Stamps. Early binding, with leather spine.