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Shem Chadash – Jerusalem, 1843 – Printed by Rabbi Yisrael Bak

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Shem Chadash, Parts I-II, commentary on Sefer Yere'im by R. Chaim Daniel Shlomo Penso. Jerusalem: R. Yisrael Bak, [1843]. Divisional title page for Part II.
On title page, handwritten dedication by the publisher, the author's son, R. Rachamim Yisrael Penso, to the philanthropist Chaim Kalev Kalpo.
Additional inscription on title page, on the donation of the book by the latter to the Magen Shaul yeshiva [in Izmir].


Two parts in one volume. Part I: [4], 123, [1] leaves. Part II: [4], 84, [2] leaves. Approx. 29 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Wear. Worming in many places, affecting text. New binding.


Sh. Halevy, no. 15.

Early Hebrew Books and Broadsides Printed in Jerusalem
Early Hebrew Books and Broadsides Printed in Jerusalem