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Dimat HaAshukim – Polemical Work of Hebron Residents against Rabbi Avraham Penso Following His Support for Rabbi Eliyahu Mani – Jerusalem, 1879
Dimat HaAshukim, polemical work of the Sephardi rabbis in Hebron against R. Avraham Chaim Penso, following his support for the Chief Rabbi of the city, R. Eliyahu Mani. Jerusalem: [Yitzchak Gościnny and Yitzchak Gagin, 1879].
Booklet of Hebron residents against R. Avraham Chaim Penso and his work Minchat Kenaot, a work defending R. Eliyahu Suleiman Mani, the Chief Rabbi of Hebron, whom some Sephardi rabbis attempted to remove from office and appoint R. Rachamim Yosef Franco instead. The book includes an "approbation" signed by 66 residents of Hebron as well as approbations from Jerusalem rabbis. According to Sh. Halevy, the author of the work is R. Shalom Chai Gagin.
[1] title cover, [1[, 55 pages. 17.5 cm. Dry paper. Fair-good condition. Open tears to title cover and additional leaves, repaired with paper filling, and minute open tears to several leaves, slightly affecting text. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 326.