Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Manuscripts, Signed Responsa – Rabbi Yosef Yedid HaLevi and Rabbi Shalom Hadaya – Aleppo Torah Sages

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Pamphlets of responsa handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Yedid HaLevi; and a halachic responsum signed by Rabbi Shalom Hadaya. [Jerusalem, 1918-1927].
Pamphlet with a responsum to Rabbi Elazar Mantzur Sithon, (12 pp.) handwritten and signed by "His friend…servant, who served the Only G-d, Yosef Yedid HaLevi" [printed in the She'erit Yosef responsa Part 2, Siman 5, pp. 60-67]; Teshuva HaGadol pamphlet (55 pp.) on various matters, handwritten and signed "Yosef Yedid HaLevi". Jerusalem, Kislev 1927 – [printed in the She'erit Yosef responsa Part 2, Siman 8, pp. 78-109]; halachic ruling on Gittin and testimony, [4 pp.] handwritten and signed "I have signed my name, Yosef Yedid HaLevi [apparently, never printed]; halachic ruling on the laws of Shabbat, signed "Shalom Hadaya". Jerusalem, 1926.
Kabbalist Rabbi Yosef Yedid HaLevi (1867-1930), born in Aleppo to his father Rabbi Mordechai Yedid HaLevi, was a disciple of Rabbi Avraham Ades. In 1890, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and lived in Safed, and in 1911 moved to Jerusalem and was appointed Av Beit Din of the Jerusalem Aleppo community. He left many compositions, some he printed in his lifetime and others were printed by his only son (the only son of his six children who survived, the others died in their childhood), Rabbi Shlomo Yedid HaLevi from the US. (See Item 327).
Kabbalist Rabbi Shalom Hadaya (1862-1945, Otzar HaRabbanim 18135), a Torah scholar from Aleppo and the "eldest of the Kabbalists" in Jerusalem, from 1927 headed the Beit El Yeshiva of Kabbalists and from 1930 was Av Beit Din of Jerusalem (successor of his friend Rabbi Yosef Yedid HaLevi). His works: Se L'Vet Avot, Shalom La'Am and Dover Shalom.
Approximately 35 leaves. 21 cm. Overall good condition, minor damages to several leaves.
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