Auction 53 Auction #53 - Feb 2
By Tiferet Auctions
Feb 4, 2024
Beit HaDfus 12, B, 4th floor, Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 7:

Knesset Hagedolah. Important Edition. Izmir, 1734. Rare


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Auction took place on Feb 4, 2024 at Tiferet Auctions
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Knesset Hagedolah. Important Edition. Izmir, 1734. Rare

Knesset Hagedolah, Choshen Mishpat. Mahadura Batra, I [Siman 1-289] by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Benvenisti. The press of Yonah Asheknazi and David Chazan, Izmir, [1734]. Rare. 


[2], 292 leaves. 29 cm. With an approbation by Rabbi Chaim Abulafia Av Beis Din of Izmir. At its end, a Psak Halacha on Charitzin Tefillin by Rabbi Raphael Trivish. Two missing leaves were completed with a photocopy. At the end of the book, leaves 293-394 [Siman 290-426] are missing. With erased owners' signatures and notations and with stamps of Rabbi Eliezer Silver, Rav of the union of communities of Springfield, Massachusetts


Please refer to Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Benvenisti and of Rabbi Eliezer ben Rabbi Bunem Tzemach Silver.


Renewed binding. Leaves 147-148 were completed with a photocopy. Many leaves at the end of the book are missing. Wear to the corners of the leaves at the beginning and end of the book. Stains. On leaf 249, a comment written on the margin of the leaf was cut.  Fair-good condition.