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Avodat Yisrael – Izmir, 1737 – Commentary on the Yom Kippur Avodah by Rabbi Yisrael Kimchi – First Edition

Avodat Yisrael, commentary on the Yom Kippur Avodah, including text of piyyut Atah Konanta, by R. Yisrael Kimchi. Izmir: Yonah son of Yaakov Ashkenazi and David Chazan, [1737]. First edition.
Lengthy discussion on existing commentaries of the Yom Kippur Avodah, with the author's own original commentary. The piyyut Atah Konanta is included in full.
Foreword by R. Chaim Abulafia (the second), Rabbi of Izmir, and the author's brother and publisher R. Avraham Kimchi.

[2], 216, [3] leaves. Last leaf of index leaves lacking. 20.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, including dampstains. Wear. Marginal tears to title page and several other leaves. Bookplate. Old binding, detached, with defects (lacking spine).

Provenance: Collection of Prof. Jordan S. Penkower.