Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Shema Yaakov / Ar'ah Derabanan - Dedications and Glosses from Two Emissaries from Eretz Israel
Opening: $300
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Sefer Shema Yaakov, homilies on the Torah, Bereshit and Shemot, by R. Yaakov Yisrael Algazi. [Livorno, 1783]. Includes: Sefer Ar'ah Derabanan, the principles of the commandments, by R. Yaakov Yisrael Algazi. Livorno, 1783. Second edition. Separate title pages.
Six glosses in eastern handwriting by several authors. Page 114a contains a gloss signed by R. Yosef Benvenisti: "The young Yosef Benvinis[ti]…". Page 105a contains signed glosses by other authors. The book contains signatures and stamps of R. "Aharon Halevi Lewinthal" of Jerusalem.
Damaged copy, missing leaves at the beginning. The beginning of the volume contains ownership inscriptions which describe the volume's travels. The volume originally belonged to R. Yosef Bechor Benvenisti, emissary of Jerusalem and Hebron, who exchanged it for a different book in Urmia, Persia (Iran). The new owner gave the volume as a gift to the emissary R. Chai Yechezkel Melamed, who wrote on the flyleaf "this book originally belonged to R. Yosef Benvenisti, emissary of Jerusalem, who exchanged it with R. Nissim ben Yitzchak in Urmia for Sefer Rosh David of the Chida. The generous R. Nissim gave this volume to me, Chai Yechezkel Melamed S.T. emissary of Hebron, as a gift".
R. Yosef Bechor ben Rachamim Shneur Benvenisti (1840-1916, Otzar Harabbanim 8733), born in Jerusalem, was sent as an emissary in 1874 to collect funds for the community. In 1883 he acted as emissary for the community in Hebron, and in 1900 he became Head (Av Beit Din) of the Sephardic Beit Din in Jerusalem.
R. Chai Yechezkel Melamed was an emissary of both Jerusalem and Hebron. He died in Curacao (ca. 1900) during a fundraising trip on behalf of a Jerusalem hospital. (See enclosed material).
(Missing title page and first two leaves). 2-51, 54-78, 77-168 leaves. Separate title page for Sefer Arah Derabanan. Continuous pagination; faulty. Title page, approbations and leaf 1 of the book are missing. 28 cm. Overall condition fair-poor, several pages in poor condition. Wear and mold damage to the margins. Tears and stains, worming. Worn original leather binding.
Six glosses in eastern handwriting by several authors. Page 114a contains a gloss signed by R. Yosef Benvenisti: "The young Yosef Benvinis[ti]…". Page 105a contains signed glosses by other authors. The book contains signatures and stamps of R. "Aharon Halevi Lewinthal" of Jerusalem.
Damaged copy, missing leaves at the beginning. The beginning of the volume contains ownership inscriptions which describe the volume's travels. The volume originally belonged to R. Yosef Bechor Benvenisti, emissary of Jerusalem and Hebron, who exchanged it for a different book in Urmia, Persia (Iran). The new owner gave the volume as a gift to the emissary R. Chai Yechezkel Melamed, who wrote on the flyleaf "this book originally belonged to R. Yosef Benvenisti, emissary of Jerusalem, who exchanged it with R. Nissim ben Yitzchak in Urmia for Sefer Rosh David of the Chida. The generous R. Nissim gave this volume to me, Chai Yechezkel Melamed S.T. emissary of Hebron, as a gift".
R. Yosef Bechor ben Rachamim Shneur Benvenisti (1840-1916, Otzar Harabbanim 8733), born in Jerusalem, was sent as an emissary in 1874 to collect funds for the community. In 1883 he acted as emissary for the community in Hebron, and in 1900 he became Head (Av Beit Din) of the Sephardic Beit Din in Jerusalem.
R. Chai Yechezkel Melamed was an emissary of both Jerusalem and Hebron. He died in Curacao (ca. 1900) during a fundraising trip on behalf of a Jerusalem hospital. (See enclosed material).
(Missing title page and first two leaves). 2-51, 54-78, 77-168 leaves. Separate title page for Sefer Arah Derabanan. Continuous pagination; faulty. Title page, approbations and leaf 1 of the book are missing. 28 cm. Overall condition fair-poor, several pages in poor condition. Wear and mold damage to the margins. Tears and stains, worming. Worn original leather binding.
Handwritten Glosses
Handwritten Glosses