Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Chaim LeRosh, on the Passover Haggadah – Glosses and Signatures
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Chaim LeRosh, laws relating to the Passover Seder and to the Haggadah, Rabbi Chaim Palagi. Izmir, [1852].
Laws and customs, commentaries and explanations relating to Passover eve and Seder Night, and explanation of the Passover Haggadah.
Owners' signatures: "Yitzchak Karmonah", on page 50 signature of: "Yosef Baruch ben Sinyor" [erased signature on title page of Rabbi Yosef ben Sinyor].
Glosses by four writers: 1. Erudite glosses signed by "Shmuel Eliezer ben Sinyor", 2. Glosses in Ladino. 3. On page 6, after the Rabbi Chaim Palagi's name is mentioned, a handwritten greeting has been added. 4. Handwritten amendments and additions [by the author?].
The author: Rabbi Chaim Palagi (1788-1868, Otzar Ha Rabbanim 6120), noted Torah genius, of the leaders of his generation. Illustrious Rabbi of Izmir and an exceptionally prolific writer (compiled more than 70 books).
The ben Sinyors were a family of halachic judges and Rabbis in Izmir during the lifetime of the author and after. See appendix.
52; 112 leaves. 18.5 cm. Quality paper. Good condition. Stains. Majority of the glosses are cropped. Original binding.
Ya'ari 704; Otzar HaHaggadot 959.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
Laws and customs, commentaries and explanations relating to Passover eve and Seder Night, and explanation of the Passover Haggadah.
Owners' signatures: "Yitzchak Karmonah", on page 50 signature of: "Yosef Baruch ben Sinyor" [erased signature on title page of Rabbi Yosef ben Sinyor].
Glosses by four writers: 1. Erudite glosses signed by "Shmuel Eliezer ben Sinyor", 2. Glosses in Ladino. 3. On page 6, after the Rabbi Chaim Palagi's name is mentioned, a handwritten greeting has been added. 4. Handwritten amendments and additions [by the author?].
The author: Rabbi Chaim Palagi (1788-1868, Otzar Ha Rabbanim 6120), noted Torah genius, of the leaders of his generation. Illustrious Rabbi of Izmir and an exceptionally prolific writer (compiled more than 70 books).
The ben Sinyors were a family of halachic judges and Rabbis in Izmir during the lifetime of the author and after. See appendix.
52; 112 leaves. 18.5 cm. Quality paper. Good condition. Stains. Majority of the glosses are cropped. Original binding.
Ya'ari 704; Otzar HaHaggadot 959.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman's private collection.
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