Lot 99
Pitron Chalomot – Amsterdam, 1637 – Printed by Menashe ben Yisrael
Pitron Chalomot, by Rabbi Shlomo Almoli [expelled from Spain and sage in Constantinople and Thessaloniki]. Amsterdam, 1637. Printed by Menashe ben Yisrael.
"Reprinted now by the order of the complete Chacham… Yitzchak Montalto son of the outstanding Chacham G-dly philosopher Rabbi Eliyahu Montalto, counsel and doctor of King Louie the XIII…King of France and of the Queen his mother, Her Majesty".
The composition was first printed in Constantinople in 1615 named Mefasher Cholmin, and it was divided into three parts: the first is a study of "understanding the dream's subjects". The second part is practical guidance to interpreting dreams according to Chazal sources, compositions attributed to Rabbi Hai Gaon and Rashi and non-Jewish sources. The third part is composed of halachic matters connected to dreams.
63 leaves. 14.5 cm. Overall good condition, stains. Tears to several pages. Restorations on several leaves (minor damage to text). Handwritten gloss and inscriptions. New binding.
