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Collection of Books by Rabbi Chaim Palachi – 1846-1883
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Collection of books by R. Chaim Palachi:
• Torah VeChaim, selections on the virtue of the Torah. Thessaloniki, [1846]. Signature on title page: "Meir Amado" [apparently R. Meir Amado, a rabbi of Izmir, son of R. Avraham Amado, d. 1871].
• Chaim VeShalom, responsa on Even HaEzer, Part I. Livorno, [1857].
• Re'eh Chaim, Part II, sermons on Vayikra, Bamidbar and Devarim. Izmir, [1865]. First edition. Bound with: Chayei VeChamra. Izmir, [1865]. First edition. Bound with: single leaf, Matzah Chaim, sermon in Ladino in honor of the queen of England, Sir Moses Montefiore in connection with the Damascus and Rhodes affairs. [Izmir, 1864]. Two handwritten corrections to the sermon.
• Ginzei Chaim, halachic principles and novellae alphabetically arranged. Izmir, [1871]. Pencil inscription on title page.
• HeChafetz Chaim, on ritual and monetary law. Izmir, [1880]. The book was sent to R. Avraham Khalfon in Tiberias (a rabbi of Morocco, Tiberias and Haifa, d. 1886), with lengthy handwritten dedication by R. Moshe HaKohen Nahar (Aba), son-in-law of R. Avraham Palachi (the author's son).
• Responsa of the Rashba, Part V, with Rachamim LeChaim, notes of R. Chaim Palachi. Vilna, 1883. Stamp and signature on title page. Bound with: Responsa of the Rashba, Parts VI-VII. Warsaw, 1868.
The author,
R. Chaim Palachi – the Chabif (1787-1868), an outstanding Torah scholar well versed in both hidden and revealed realms of the Torah. He served as Rabbi of Izmir and was a leading Torah scholar of his generation. He composed seventy-two books (corresponding to the numerical value of his name Chaim, adding the number of letters), on halachah, aggadah and ethics. He was the close disciple of his mother's father, the renowned Torah scholar R. Refael Yosef Hazan, author of Chikrei Lev, whom he quotes extensively. His halachic authority exceeded the boundaries of the city, and he earned worldwide recognition as a posek, responding to thousands of queries addressed to him from all over the world, even beyond the Ottoman Empire, including Poland, Germany and North Africa.
R. Chaim Palachi – the Chabif (1787-1868), an outstanding Torah scholar well versed in both hidden and revealed realms of the Torah. He served as Rabbi of Izmir and was a leading Torah scholar of his generation. He composed seventy-two books (corresponding to the numerical value of his name Chaim, adding the number of letters), on halachah, aggadah and ethics. He was the close disciple of his mother's father, the renowned Torah scholar R. Refael Yosef Hazan, author of Chikrei Lev, whom he quotes extensively. His halachic authority exceeded the boundaries of the city, and he earned worldwide recognition as a posek, responding to thousands of queries addressed to him from all over the world, even beyond the Ottoman Empire, including Poland, Germany and North Africa.
8 books in 6 volumes. Size and condition varies. Good to fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Worming. Tears. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.