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LOT 391:
Three Important Books - Jerusalem
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Start price:
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100
Auction house commission:
19%
VAT: On commission only
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A. Chaim Mi'Yerushalayim – Derushim by the Rishon Le'Zion Rabbi Chaim Avraham Gagin. Jerusalem, 1882. First edition.
Published by his son, Rabbi Shalom Moshe Chai Gagin.
Printed by Avraham Gagin and his partner Shmuel Ha'Levi Tzuckermman.
Approbation by the Rishon Le'Zion Rabbi Raphael Meir Panigel.
(4), 212, 233-302, (16) pp.
The author, Rabbi Chaim Avraham Gagin (1787-1848), a well-known Posek, was known for exceptional erudition. At a young age he wrote his book "Menucha Tehora" (Salonika, 1925). He became the Rishon Le'Zion in 1842 after the death of Rabbi Yehuda Navon. He fought against the Christian missionaries who were very active at the time.
Ya'akov Galis in his book "Encyclopedia Le'Chachmei Yisrael" writes that the manuscript of the book was sent to Constantinople to be printed. A fire in the house where the book was burnt everything but the book and it was eventually printed in Jerusalem.
A rare, important book.
Condition: Good. The first two leaves are torn with no damage to text.
B. Shem Moshe – Inyanin Nifradim Be'Shas Ve'Halacha, by Rabbi Zaken Moshe Mazuz. With the book "Derech Chaim" – Novellae on the bible, commentary and gimatriya, by Rabbi Chaim Huri. Jerusalem, 1905.
On the reverse side of the title page, ownership stamp of Rabbi Makitzk Shelly (died in 1970), one of the most prominent rabbis of Djerba, a disciple of Rabbi Shlomo Mazuz, Av Beit Din of Djerba.
Condition: good. Detached binding.
C. Le'Yitzchak Reach – commentary on Sefer Etz Chaim, Sha'ar Ha'Kavanot, kabbalist concepts, rules and more, by the kabbalist Rabbi Ya'akov Chaim Yisrael Raphael Alafia. Jerusalem, 1936. Single edition.
Published by his son, Rabbi Yitzchak Alafia.
On leaves 102-125, a response by the author to Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari regarding Nedarim, Nedavot and the charity boxes of Rabbi Meir Ba'al Ha'Nes, whether they can be changed (a long polemic on which several books were published).
(1), 8, 172 leaves. The title page is with an inscription and frame in red ink.
Condition: good. Detached binding.
