Auction 6 Part 2 Kodesh books, manuscripts, rabbinical letters, Judaica
Apr 13, 2016 (Your local time)
Israel
 Harav Maimon 2, Jerusalem
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LOT 250:

Four Books Printed in Jerusalem

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A. Chukei Chaim Responsa by the Rishon Le'Zion Rabbi Chaim Avraham Gagin. Jerusalem, 1843. Reb Yisrael Bak Printing Press. Single Edition.
This book is the first responsa printed in Jerusalem and one of the first books in general that were printed there (S. Ha'Levi 9).
At the center of the title page, an engraving of the flag of engraver, Reb Yisrael Bak, which he had brought with him from Berdychiv.
The author is the first to receive the official title of "Chacham Bashi" in 1842. The introduction of the book describes, among others, the dispute between the author and the clerks of the Kollel regarding the sealing of a window of the "Beit El" Yeshiva in his yard in order to make the place fit for the "Akedat Yitzchak" Yeshiva.
[2], 170 pp.
With inscriptions of the "Torat Eretz Yisrael" Yeshiva in Zefat "under the flag of our great Rabbi, the Ridbaz".
Condition: Fair-Good. Moth holes. Lacking, restored title page. Non-original cover.
B. Sha'ar Ha'Chatzer. Jerusalem, 1862. Reb Yisrael Bak Printing Press.
(S. Ha'Levi 72)
Part of the book "Sha'areu Tzedek". Drushim and novellae about the virtue of the Land of Israel by Rabbi Davif ben Shimon (1824-1880, Rosh Av Beit Din of the Ma'araviyim community of Jerusalem). Includes an index called "Ulam Ha'Sha'ar".
Ownership inscriptions.
202 pp. (the last page is missing).
Condition: Good. No cover. The first few pages and the title page are worn.
C. Darkei Ish. Jerusalem, 1875.
By Rabbi Nissim Shmuel Yehuda Arawwaz.
[2], 118 pp.
The title page and the first three pages are missing. Includes eulogies on the rabbis of Jerusalem.
Bound with:
Ish Tza'ir. Jerusalem, 1874.
By Rabbi Yosef Raphael Uziel.
[1], 29 pp.
Condition: Very Good.
D. Toldot Aharon Ve'Moshe. Jerusalem, 1870.
52 pp.
Condition: Fair-Good. Damaged copy. The title page is missing. In its place there is the title page of the book that was printed with it "Tomer Dvorah" (Jerusalem, 1870).

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