Sefer Mishnat Chasdim by the Ga’on Kabbalist Rabbi Emanuel Chai Ricchi. Amsterdam, 1742. Bound with Sefer Yosher Levav by Rabbi Emanuel Chai Ricchi. Amsterdam, 1742. Title page contains ownership notation and prayer signed by Rabbi “Masoud Amsalem”. Sheets of books contain dozens of lengthy glosses in his handwriting, some signed with pseudonym “HaMa’amitz” [Masoud Amsalem Ishmerehu Tzurenu].
Rabbi Masoud son of Rabbi Yosef Amsalem, the Ma’amitz Rabbi – among scholars of the West during the early 19th century.
[1], 156, [1] leaves; [2], 42 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition, moth holes. New binding with parchment spine.