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Zechor LeAvraham (Alkalai) – First Edition – Thessaloniki, 1798 – Signature and Glosses of Rabbi Avraham son of Rabbi Yitzchak
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Zechor LeAvraham, halachic novellae, Part I (Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah). By Rabbi Avraham Alkalai. Thessaloniki: Mordechai Nachman and David Israelije, [1798]. First edition.
Calligraphic signature on title page: "Avraham son of R. Yitzchak" (another inscription, torn and lacking, on margins of title page: "Yitzchak…"). At top of title page, lengthy inscription in his handwriting, with guidance for a posek. On leaves of book, tens of glosses by the same writer, many lengthy, on the halachic issues discussed in the book.
The signatory and author of the glosses is apparently R. Avraham son of R. Yitzchak, one of the three sons of R. Yitzchak son of R. David, author of Divrei Emet, who succeeded their father as dayanim and rabbis in Constantinople.
Incomplete copy. [2], 182 leaves (lacking leaves 183-263, [3] – lacking most of Yoreh Deah part). 20 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Tears to several leaves. New binding.