Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Sefer Ya’ir Ozen – Livorno, 1793 – First Edition – Signatures of Rabbis from the Sithon Family - Glosses
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Sefer Ya’ir Ozen, rules. Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai [Chida]. Livorno, [1793]. First edition.
Signatures on two title pages: “Moshe son of Rabbi Sithon”, “Yosef… Avraham Sithon” (two signatures), and “Ya’akov Menashe Hillel”.
First signer, Rabbi Moshe Sithon (1797-1878), among Torah giants of Aram Tzova, author of Kehilat Moshe. Second signer, apparently Rabbi Yosef Sathon (born in 1813), also among well-known scholars of Aram Tzova, author of VaYelaket Yosef and other compositions.
Several glosses in ancient Oriental writing (one by different writer).
[1], 110 leaves. 29 cm. Good condition, moth damage and stains.
Signatures on two title pages: “Moshe son of Rabbi Sithon”, “Yosef… Avraham Sithon” (two signatures), and “Ya’akov Menashe Hillel”.
First signer, Rabbi Moshe Sithon (1797-1878), among Torah giants of Aram Tzova, author of Kehilat Moshe. Second signer, apparently Rabbi Yosef Sathon (born in 1813), also among well-known scholars of Aram Tzova, author of VaYelaket Yosef and other compositions.
Several glosses in ancient Oriental writing (one by different writer).
[1], 110 leaves. 29 cm. Good condition, moth damage and stains.
Syrian, Aleppian and Lebanese Jewry
Syrian, Aleppian and Lebanese Jewry