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Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim – With Shetilei Zeitim Commentary – Jerusalem, 1886-1895
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, with Shetilei Zeitim commentary, by R. David Mizrachi of Sanaa. Jerusalem: [Hirschenson – HaTzvi], 1886-1895.
Commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, with main text and some glosses of the Rama. The author writes that he omitted glosses of the Rama that contradict the Shulchan Aruch as well as those with customs not prevalent in Yemen, although the printers added the glosses omitted by the author. The book includes two works by R. Yaakov Mordechai Hirschenson, Mei Be'er (incorporated into Be'er HaGolah) and Einot Mayim, until section 392, when the printing was interrupted in 1886.
[6], 97; 198, [1]; 156, [1] leaves. 25 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears, including small marginal tears to title page and open tears to last leaf, affecting text, repaired with paper filling. Worming, affecting text. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 565.