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Vayikra with Commentaries of the Chida – Printed by Rabbi Yisrael Bak – Safed, 1833
Vayikra, Part III of the Five Books of the Torah, with Haftarot, Rashi, Baal HaTurim and Siftei Chachamim, and with the commentaries of the Chida – Nachal Kedumim on the Torah and Nachal Sorek on the Haftarot. Safed: Yisrael Bak, [1833].
Some of the words on the title page are printed in red ink.
This is the second or third book printed by R. Yisrael Bak in Safed. The other parts of the Chumash from this press are unknown, and it appears that only the Book of Vayikra was printed. Bak printed another edition in tandem without the commentaries of the Chida.
Signature on title page: "Ezra Dweck HaKohen" [the Dweck family was an illustrious family of kohanim in Syria which produced leading Torah scholars, rabbis and poskim].
137 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of former dampness (with light mold stains). Worming, affecting text, partially repaired with paper filling. Open tears, affecting text, including marginal open tears to the title page, and a large open tear to the final leaf (with loss to about half the leaf), repaired with paper filling. Some leaves supplied from another copy. On the title page is an ink drawing around the title and location of printing. New binding.
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