Or Torah, first part of Shtei Yadot, on emendation of the Torah and clarification of the Masoretic text, by R. Menachem di Lonzano. Amsterdam: Uri son of Aharon HaLevi, 1659.
This work was first published as part of Shtei Yadot, Venice 1618, here printed as a standalone work for the first time.
Signature on title page (somewhat blurred): "G-d granted me this book, Avraham HaLevi of Chełm" – R. Avraham HaLevi of Chełm, Rabbi of Emden, a leading Torah scholar of his generation. He succeeded R. Yaakov Emden (Yaavetz) as Rabbi of Emden (ca. 1750s-1760s). He is mentioned in Responsa Noda BiYehudah Kama, Yoreh Deah, section 1, and in Zichron Yaakov (Fürth 1770); a responsum by him dated 1765 appears in Responsa She'elat Yaavetz II, sections 24-25. In 1760 he served as Rabbi of Hildesheim, and his document of appointment is printed in Kerem Shlomo (IV, 1). Together with R. Yaakov Emden he battled the remaining Sabbateans in Germany (see further in articles by A. Brik, Shanah BeShanah, 1980, pp. 335-340; Shanah BeShanah, 1993, pp. 409-420).
On endpaper, inscriptions of "R. Hirsch Oppenheim" – possibly R. Tzvi Hirsch Oppenheim (1793-1859), son and successor of R. David Oppenheim Rabbi of Almaș and Timișoara, a leading opponent of the Reform movement in Hungary (see enclosed material).
27 leaves. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears. New binding.
CB, no. 6355, 2; Zedner, p. 527; Roest, p. 790.
