![Emet L'Ya'akov, laws of writing and reading a Sefer Torah, by Rabbi Yisrael Ya'akov Elgazi. Constantinople, [1764].
Signature](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale30-public/370.jpg "Emet L'Ya'akov – Constantinople, 1764 – Glosses of Rabbi Shmuel Alkala")
Auction 30 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Emet L'Ya'akov – Constantinople, 1764 – Glosses of Rabbi Shmuel Alkalai
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Emet L'Ya'akov, laws of writing and reading a Sefer Torah, by Rabbi Yisrael Ya'akov Elgazi. Constantinople, [1764].
Signatures of Rabbi "Shmuel ben Avraham Alkalai". The book leaves have dozens of glosses in his tiny handwriting.
Rabbi Shmuel Alkalai, a rabbi of Tiberias, son of Rabbi Avraham Alkalai of Dupnitsa (Bulgaria), author of Chesed L'Avraham and Zechor L'Avraham etc. [mentioned in the introduction to Chesed L'Avraham Thessaloniki 1813]. In 1831, Rabbi Yehuda Nechmad was among the Tiberias rabbis who signed the emissary letter [see attached material].
[2], 154 leaves. 15 cm. Good condition, stains and slight wear. Tear with lack on title page. Several loose leaves. Original leather binding, damaged.
Signatures of Rabbi "Shmuel ben Avraham Alkalai". The book leaves have dozens of glosses in his tiny handwriting.
Rabbi Shmuel Alkalai, a rabbi of Tiberias, son of Rabbi Avraham Alkalai of Dupnitsa (Bulgaria), author of Chesed L'Avraham and Zechor L'Avraham etc. [mentioned in the introduction to Chesed L'Avraham Thessaloniki 1813]. In 1831, Rabbi Yehuda Nechmad was among the Tiberias rabbis who signed the emissary letter [see attached material].
[2], 154 leaves. 15 cm. Good condition, stains and slight wear. Tear with lack on title page. Several loose leaves. Original leather binding, damaged.
Handwritten Glosses
Handwritten Glosses