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Imrei Shabbat (Regarding Train Travel on Shabbat) – Cracow-Jerusalem, 1889 – Dedication of Author, Emissary Rabbi Chaim Yaakov HaKohen of Safed
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Imrei Shabbat, on train travel on Shabbat, by R. Chaim Yaakov Feinstein. Cracow[-Jerusalem]: Yosef Fisher and [Y. D. Frumkin], 1889. Second edition.
Expanded edition of the first edition printed in Calcutta, 1874. Includes new proofs, laws of raisin wine, tithing of income, and short works Torat Imecha, and Mashbit Milchamot on the Jews of Cochin, India, and Chok HaShemitah.
On endpaper, dedication by author in neat square script, followed by a request to contribute to the expenses of publication in Ashkenazic cursive script, with the address (in Latin characters) and the author's stamp.
The author,
R. Chaim Yaakov HaKohen Feinstein, an emissary of Safed (1840-1901), immigrated at a young age from Jassy to Safed where he was one of the leading Torah scholars. He traveled as an emissary to Yemen, India and various other lands.
R. Chaim Yaakov HaKohen Feinstein, an emissary of Safed (1840-1901), immigrated at a young age from Jassy to Safed where he was one of the leading Torah scholars. He traveled as an emissary to Yemen, India and various other lands.
[6], 88, [3] leaves. Title page printed twice. 15.5 cm. Dry, brittle paper. Fair-good condition. Stains. Small tears and open tears to margins of some leaves. New leather binding.
The majority of the book was printed in Cracow, while only leaves [3]-[4] and the last three leaves were printed in Jerusalem.
Sh. Halevy, No. 640.