Manot HaLevi, commentary on Megillat Esther (including the text) by Kabbalist Rabbi Shlomo HaLevi Alkabetz. Venice, 1585. Printed by Juan di Gara. First edition.
[4], 225 [should be: 231] leaves. Tear to title page with lacking upper fragment replaced with paper filling.
Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz, author of Lecha Dodi, wrote this book on "the holy earth of Safed" (as written on title page), to send as Mishloach Manot to his father-in-law on Purim 1529.
Bound with: Chazon LaMoed, commentary on the Book of Daniel (with the text), by the physician Rabbi Shmuel Volirio. Venice, 1586. Printed by Juan di Gara. Single edition.
6, 112 leaves. Detached title page and another leaf, with wear and tears.
Volume, 20 cm. Overall good condition, stains. Wear and damages to binding, detached spine.

Collection of books (incomplete copies) printed in the 16 th -17 th centuries:
On the first leaf is the signature of Rabbi "Avraham Alkalai" author of Zechor L'Avraham, and on the line above, his son Rabbi Shmuel Alkalai adds his signature "Shmuel".
Rabbi Avraham Alkalai, author of Zechor L'Avraham (1759-1811), an exceptional well-known Torah scholar of Salonika. From 1780, served as dayan and Torah authority in Dovnitza (Bulgaria) and after the death of the Rabbi of the city, Rabbi Avraham Sid, he was appointed his successor. In 1819, he ascended to Eretz Israel and settled in Safed. He wrote the Chesed L’Avraham responsa, and his famous Zechor L’Avraham (halachic rulings in alphabetical order) became one of the basic books for Halacha study and is mentioned often in the books of the poskim.
His son Rabbi Shmuel Alkalai, a rabbi in Tiberias, [mentioned in the introduction to the book Chesed L’Avraham Salonika 1813, signed with Tiberias rabbis on the emissary writ of Rabbi Yehuda Nechmad from 1831].
• Tzror HaMor. Rabbi Avraham Seba. Venice 1545. Printed by Marco Antonio Justinian, second edition. (missing title page, replaced with photocopy, worm holes and restorations. New semi-leather binding).
• Kuzari. Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi. Venice 1547, printed by Meir ben Ya'akov Frentzoni. (missing last 6 leaves replaced with photocopies).
• Sefer HaTerumot. Rabbi Shmuel HaSardi the Ramban's disciple. Prague 1605, printed by Moshe ben Rabbi Bezalel Katz. (missing title page, damaged leaves, worm holes).
4 books, varied size and condition, good-fair to fair-poor.

Collection of books printed in Salonika.
For a complete list, please see Hebrew description.
7 books. 28-30 cm. Varied condition, good-fair.

Tikun Shlomo, Seder Tikunei Shabbat – a siddur of Shabbat prayers with Seder Tikunei Shabbat by the Arizal, edited by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Londan. Amsterdam, [1794]. Printed by the Props widow and orphans.
Copy given as a bar-mitzvah present. A leaf with a dedication written for the bar-mitzvah boy Zelig Keisar in 1842 appears on the flyleaf before the title page. Attractive binding, covered with velvet fabric (faded), prominent "Shpanier" embroidery with the inscription of the owner's name "Zelig ben M.H. Manim Keisar". Metal clasps and leather binding. Gilt edges, fabric bookmark.
[2], 132; 38 leaves. 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Whole metal clasps. The binding is worn and damaged in several places.