Auction 37 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Sefer HaZohar, Bamidbar – Livorno – Glosses of Rabbi Yitzchak Chai Bukobza 

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Sefer HaZohar on the Torah, Part 4 – Bamidbar, with Mikdash Melech and Hadrat Melech by the Remez. Livorno, [1858].
On the margins appear dozens of glosses in the handwriting of the Mekubal Rabbi Yitzchak Chai Bukobza . Many glosses are signed with the name Abilacham (translation of his last name Bukobza ). In one gloss, he mentions his work [I thank G-d for guiding me to this in my book Lechem L'Pi HaTaf]. Many glosses are particularly long, with important content, commentaries and novellae. Additional signatures and ownership inscriptions.
Rabbi Yitzchak Chai Bukobza (1853-1930), Torah genius and mekubal, leading Torah scholar in Tunisia and Libya. Rabbi of his native city of Gabès, and of Moknine in Tunisia, afterward moved to serve as Av Beit Din of Tripoli, Libya. Wrote many books: Lechem L'Pi HaTaf, Ginzei Shalom, Lev HaYamim, Beit HaLachmi, etc.
[1], 117-259; 8; 12 leaves. 28 cm. Fair condition. Stains, wear and tear. Loose or detached leaves. Few moth marks. Damaged binding.
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