Lot 406
Sefer Knesset HaGedolah - Signatures by Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi
Sefer Knesset HaGedolah, Orach Chaim section, by Rabbi Chaim Benbenishti. Livorno, 1791. Second edition.
Inscription in Oriental handwriting. Signatures"Ya'akov Antebi" - Apparently signature of the Ga'on Rabbi Ya'akov Antebi (passed away in 1847), Av Beit Din of Damascus. Merited being referred to as"sacred" after being brutally tortured during the Damascus Affair, after which he left his city and immigrated to Eretz Israel [for additional information related to him see: L'Kedoshim Asher B'Eretz Israel, page 145].
3, 162 leaves. 29 cm. Good condition, stains. Ancient damaged binding.
