Sefer Knesset HaGedola Orach Chaim by Rabbi Chaim Benveniste, Av Bet Din Izmir.
Livorno, 1658. First edition of Orach Chaim of Rabbi Benveniste’s seminal work.
Signature on the title page & page 1 of the famous Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller Ab”d Safed.
Signature of Rabbi Shlomo Yechiel (Salomone Vitale) Camerini, a preacher in Ancona. The Chida mentions him in a letter from 1792.
A Torah genius, Rabbi Shmuel Heller born in 1803, was raised in the home of the Chozeh of Lublin, and following his counsel ascended to Eretz Israel.in 1817 He served as Dayan & later Rabbi of Safed for 60 years from 1841 onwards A highly respected rabbinical leader of the chassidic community deeply involved in its contacts with Eastern Europe, with the local Sephardic community and its rabbis, with the Ottoman authorities and with the local Arab population
He wielded great influence in setting the public agenda. His rulings and actions reveal a clear trend that placed at its center the Land of Israel and the ancient traditions that represented for him a coveted, pre-exile world. He craved what was perceived as authentic to the Land of Israel and strove to connect with local traditions (See Otzar HaRabanim 19134).
He passed away in Safed on the 22nd of Tevet, 1884. He authored: Taharat HaKodesh, Derech Nesher, Kavod Melachim, Divrei Mishpat, Shivrei Luchot, and others.
Stefansky Classics 170.
6, 164 Leaves. 27 Cm.
Overall Good-fair condition, water stains, some marginal worming on first few and last few pages, sumptuous new red leather binding with owners name.
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