Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Hatzivi Lach Tziyunim, Belgrade 1874 – Gloss in the Handwriting of the Author of Sde Chemed
Opening: $400
Sold for: $2,125
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Hatzivi Lach Tziyunim, on Talmudic sayings and Midrashim. Ma'ase Moshe by Rabbi Moshe HaLevi. Belgrade, [1874].
On the title page is a signature "HaZvi Chaim Tzorfati". On the second leaf is a handwritten inscription: "I borrowed it from my friend R' Rabino Tzorfati". At the end of the inscription is an ink stamp of the author of Sde Chemed: "Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini called C.C.M.". Another inscription from the person who bought the book from Rabbi Rabino Tzorfati in 1938. On Leaf 60/a is a gloss [approximately 30 words] in the handwriting of the author of Sde Chemed.
Rabbi Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini, (1833-1905), was born in Jerusalem, served in the rabbinate of Constantinople, Karasubazar (in the Crimean peninsula) and in Hebron. He was celebrated for his diligence and proficiency in Torah and kabbalah. He corresponded with Jewish Torah leaders throughout the world. An exceptional prodigy, he wrote the comprehensive Torah encyclopedic work, the 18 volumes of Sde Chemed and other books as well. Almost no books from his huge library, stored in the Misgav LaDach Hospital in the Old City of Jerusalem, survived the 1948 fire which erupted in the hospital.
Chacham Rabbi Rabino Tzorfati, mentioned in the Sde Chemed (page 662), "I have requested my friend Rabbi Rabino Tzorfati to search there, he…did not find, and he showed me what he wrote…".
[4], 97, [1 empty], [1], 102-154 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition, worming and stains. Contemporary binding, damaged.
On the title page is a signature "HaZvi Chaim Tzorfati". On the second leaf is a handwritten inscription: "I borrowed it from my friend R' Rabino Tzorfati". At the end of the inscription is an ink stamp of the author of Sde Chemed: "Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini called C.C.M.". Another inscription from the person who bought the book from Rabbi Rabino Tzorfati in 1938. On Leaf 60/a is a gloss [approximately 30 words] in the handwriting of the author of Sde Chemed.
Rabbi Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini, (1833-1905), was born in Jerusalem, served in the rabbinate of Constantinople, Karasubazar (in the Crimean peninsula) and in Hebron. He was celebrated for his diligence and proficiency in Torah and kabbalah. He corresponded with Jewish Torah leaders throughout the world. An exceptional prodigy, he wrote the comprehensive Torah encyclopedic work, the 18 volumes of Sde Chemed and other books as well. Almost no books from his huge library, stored in the Misgav LaDach Hospital in the Old City of Jerusalem, survived the 1948 fire which erupted in the hospital.
Chacham Rabbi Rabino Tzorfati, mentioned in the Sde Chemed (page 662), "I have requested my friend Rabbi Rabino Tzorfati to search there, he…did not find, and he showed me what he wrote…".
[4], 97, [1 empty], [1], 102-154 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition, worming and stains. Contemporary binding, damaged.
Handwritten Glosses
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