Auction 17 Part 1
By Genazym
Mar 3, 2024
Israel
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LOT 16:

Tanach Goral HaGr”a
Tanach. Amsterdam, 1701
Beautiful edition! ...

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Tanach Goral HaGr”a
Tanach. Amsterdam, 1701
Beautiful edition!

Torah, Nevi’im and Kesuvim meticulously proofread, with charts of kri and ksiv, chaseiros and yeseros, and calendar of haftaros.

Excellent condition with three title pages: The first title page is Hebrew copperplate; the second is in Hebrew; and the third is in Latin.

Goral Hagra :This Tanach, whose text is printed in two columns, is used to conduct the famous Goral HaGr”a oracle. Rabbi Aryeh Levin, the celebrated ‘Tzaddik of Yerushalayim’ used this Tanach edition whenever he performed the Goral HaGr”a ceremony. One of the famous examples was when he identified the bodies of 35 Jews killed in Israel’s War of Independence. (See photo of Tanach in Ish Tzaddik Haya p. 114).

 Amsterdam, 1701. Page Count: [6], 292 pages. [4] sides. Page Size: 15 cm. Description: Two columns per side; no nekudos; antique used leather binding. Spine has attractive gilded designs.

Provenance: William Gross Collection, Tel aviv
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