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Shenat HaSheva (by Rabbi Moshe Nechemiah Kahanov) – Hundred-Copy Print Run – Jerusalem, 1881 – Including Rare Leaves

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Shenat HaSheva, with Be'er Sheva, laws of the Shemitah year, leaving the land fallow and relinquishing debts, by R. Moshe Nechemiah Kahanov, dean of the Etz Chaim yeshiva. Jerusalem: Yoel Moshe Salomon, 1881.
In a note on p. 31a the author writes that due to the untimely death of his son during the printing of the book, he was compelled to publish it in brief with many omissions, in a limited print run of 100 copies (due to lack of funds).
On leaves 33-34 at the end of the volume – Zichron Yosef, with the author's eulogy for his son R. Yosef Chaim Eliyah and with a lament written by the son for another untimely death.
Handwritten corrections of printing errors.

[1], 2-34 leaves. 18.5 cm. Dry, somewhat brittle paper. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Creases and tears. Marginal tears and open tears to last leaf, one repaired with tape, affecting text. Stamps. New binding.

Includes rare leaves 33-34 with Zichron Yosef, which do not appear in some copies.

Sh. Halevy, no. 382.
Jerusalem and Palestine – Early Printed Books
Jerusalem and Palestine – Early Printed Books