Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Pirkei Avot – Translations and Commentaries

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1. Pirkei Avot – Trattato Morale. Venice, [1780]. Hebrew with Italian translation after every mishna. Hebrew text with vowels.
2. Perek Masechet Avot, Pirkei Avot translated into Arabic and English. Calcutta, [1891]. After every mishna translations to Arabic and English are printed, one opposite another. The Hebrew text is with vowels, the Arabic is in Hebrew letters.
3. Seder Pirkei Avot, Ladino translation after each Mishna. Viennna, [1897]. Text with vowels.
4. Seder Pirkei Avot with Arabic paraphrase, according to Baghdad custom. Baghdad, 1909. Hebrew and Arabic in Hebrew letters, mishna by mishna, text with vowels.
5. Pirkei Avot with commentary Chasdei Avot and at the end Zechut Avot (second edition). Baghdad, [1911].
6. Pirkei Avot with Arabic commentary “it is accepted that the author is Rabbi David Hanagid son of Rabbi Avraham son of The Great Rambam”. Cairo, 1932. Approbation in Arabic. Printing mistakes: Some leaves were printed diagonally, two leaves were printed (or bound) upside down.
Varied size and condition.
From Dr. Israel Mehlman’s private collection.
Talmud, Mishnayot and Pirkei Avot
Talmud, Mishnayot and Pirkei Avot