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Collection of Books by Sephardic Rabbis – Printed in Jerusalem – 1875-1890 – Dedications and Signatures
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Assorted collection of nine books by Sephardic rabbis, printed in Jerusalem in the 1870s and 1880s. Some include dedications of authors and signatures.
• Lev Marpe, halachic encyclopedia by R. Refael Meir Panigel (the Rishon LeTzion). Jerusalem, [1887].
On verso of title page, printed dedication in gilt ink, filled in with a dedication to R. Yosef Navon, handwritten and signed by author R. Refael Meir Panigel, the Rishon LeTzion (1880-1893); signature very faded; with his stamp.
Sh. Halevy, no. 585.
• Simchah LeIsh, responsa, with Girsa DeYankuta, Talmudic novellae, by R. Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (the Yisa Berachah; Rishon LeTzion 1893-1906).
On pastedown (non-original), mounted printed dedication in gilt ink, filled in by hand, with a dedication to R. David Meir Boton and the yeshiva founded by his late father R. Azariah Boton.
Sh. Halevy, no. 631.
• Darchei Ish, sermons for various occasions by R. Nisim Shmuel Yehudah Arwas. Jerusalem, [1875]. On verso of title page, approbation and stamp of Rishon LeTzion Chief Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi.
Sh. Halevy, no. 230.
Bound with: Ish Tzair, sermons by R. Yosef Refael Uziel. Jerusalem, [1874].
Sh. Halevy, no. 204.
• Chikrei Lev, Part XII, responsa and novellae by R. Refael Yosef Chazan of Izmir. Jerusalem, [1875].
On title page, signature of R. Avraham Sofer of Jerusalem, with some glosses in his handwriting. On verso of last leaf, earlier novellae in Ashkenazic script.
R. Avraham Sofer Erlau (1898-1982), son of R. Shimon Sofer (Schreiber) Rabbi of Erlau (present-day Eger), author of Hitorerut Teshuvah. Served as rabbi between 1925-1939 in Corfu; Gorizia, Italy; and Fiume (present-day Rijeka, Croatia). Immigrated to Jerusalem in 1939. Dedicated his life to publishing manuscripts of Rishonim with his annotations. He is best known for the Beit HaBechirah series by the Meiri.
Sh. Halevy, no. 236.
• Responsa Bnei Binyamin and VeKarav Ish, Parts I-II (with divisional title page for Part II), by R. Binyamin Mordechai Navon, and glosses and additions by his stepson R. Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (the Rishon LeTzion, known as the Yisa Berachah). Jerusalem, [1876]. Stamps of the Yagdil Torah Damascene yeshiva in Jerusalem.
Sh. Halevy, no. 269.
• Mekor Yisrael and Nachalat Yehudah, responsa on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch by R. Yisrael Yaakov Burla, and his son R. Yehudah Bechor Burla. Jerusalem, [1882].
Signature on title page of "Eliyahu Shaul Dweck HaKohen" [apparently the father of R. Chaim Shaul Dweck HaKohen – HaRav HaSadeh, d. 1903].
Sh. Halevy, no. 405.
• Li LiYeshuah, novellae by R. Yeshuah HaLevi. Jerusalem, 1883. With approbations of Rabbis of Jerusalem, R. Refael Meir Panigel and R. Shmuel Salant.
Sh. Halevy, no. 423.
• Chasdei David, Part III, Tosefet Kedushah, commentary on Tosefta Seder Kodashim by R. David Pardo. Jerusalem, 1890. First edition.
Sh. Halevy, no. 706.
9 books in 8 volumes. Varying size and condition. New leather bindings. The books have not been thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Early Hebrew Books Printed in Jerusalem
Early Hebrew Books Printed in Jerusalem