Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Parashat Derachim – Constantinople, 1728 – First Edition – Signatures and Glosses of Leading Aleppo Rabbis of the 18th Century
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Parashat Derachim, twenty-six homiletics and kuntress "Derech Mitzvotecha", by Rabbi Yehuda Rozanis [author of Mishneh L'Melech on the Rambam]. Constantinople, [1728]. First edition. On the title page and its verso: Signatures of Rabbi "Avraham Entebbe" and the signature of his father Rabbi "Yitzchak ben R' Shabtai Entebbe". Signature in Rabbinic calligraphic writing of Rabbi "Ezra son of R' Yosef Atiye" and of Rabbi "Shalom Parchi". Several short glosses [apparently in the handwriting of Rabbi Avraham Entebbe]. On Leaf 23/a is a long scholarly gloss signed "Ovadia ---". [Possibly the writer is Rabbi Ovadia HaLevi Mizrachi, author of Chazon Ovadia, died 1887]. Rabbi Yitzchak son of Rabbi Shabtai Entebbe (c. 1730-1804) was one of the most prominent rabbis of the Aleppo community during the lifetimes of Rabbi Refael Shlomo Laniado and Rabbi Yeshaya Atiye. Famous for his book Ohel Yitzchak which was printed together with Yoshev Ohalim authored by his son Rabbi Avraham who writes about his father in the introduction: "A remnant of the Knesset HaGedola, there was no one like him… similar to an angel of G-d and great tsaddik". His son Rabbi Avraham Entebbe (1765-1858), outstanding Torah genius, a foremost Aleppo rabbi, famed for his books Yoshev Ohalim, Mor V'Ohalot, Chochma V'Mussar, and other books. He died at the age of 93 and Rabbi Chaim Falaji eulogized him that he was “the greatest of the leaders of our times...". (Chelkam BaChaim, Drush 13). [5], 75 leaves. 30 cm. Varied condition. Some leaves with major wear, tears and stains. Restorations to title page and margins of additional leaves. New binding.
Turkey, Eretz Israel and Aleppo – Manuscripts and Glosses, Letters
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