Lot 431
Agadat Eliyahu - Istanbul, 1755 - Dedication by the Jerusalem Emissary Rabbi Ya'akov Di-Corona
Agadat Eliyahu, commentary on aggadic sayings in the Talmud Yerushalmi, Part 1, by Rabbi Eliyahu HaCohen of Istanbul [author of Shevet Musar]. Istanbul, [1755]. First edition.
On reverse side of title page, a long dedication in Oriental handwriting.
Rabbi Ya'akov Ashkenazi Di Corona (died 1769), a Sefardi Torah scholar in Jerusalem, companion of Rabbi Yitzchak Zerachya Azulai - the Chida's father, a Jerusalem emissary to Turkey and Europe. During his missions, he met Torah leaders in European countries, and the Nodah B'Yehuda mentions him in a responsum "I was asked by the Perfect Chacham Ya'akov Dicorni [Di Corona] an emissary from Jerusalem¦" (Responsa Nodah B'Yehuda Tanina, 133). [See: Ya'ari, Shluchei Eretz Yisrael, Page 396].
[2], 124 leaves. 30 cm. Good-fair condition, stains. Moth marks. Detached, worn binding.
