1. Sefer Tikkunei HaZohar on the Torah, Amsterdam, 1719. Printed by Shlomo ben Yosef Proops.
Antique rabbinic signature.
2. Sefer Chavatzelet HaSharon by the Holy Alshich. Wandsbek, 1727.
This edition shows typographical variations between copies, both on the title page and within the text.
Only a few sections from the commentary of Abravanel were printed. Rabbi Moshe Hagiz writes on page 45b: "For when… Rabbi Avraham, who brought the sefer to print, heard that the sefer [Chavatzelet HaSharon] had been printed recently [in 1726] in Amsterdam, his resolve to complete his project weakened."
This indicates that at the start of printing, the publisher was unaware of the Amsterdam edition. Thus, the title page states "Printed for the third time" (after editions from Constantinople, 1563, and Venice, 1592). Ben-Menahem observed a copy where the title page states "Printed for the fourth time." See: N. Ben-Menahem, B’Shaarei Sefarim, Kiryat Sefer, vol. 31, 1956, pp. 256–257.
Antique ownership inscriptions from Halberstadt.
3. Sefer Kesef Tzaruf, commentary on Proverbs (with the text), by the kabbalist Rabbi Yeshayahu Pinto.
First Edition. Amsterdam, 1729. Printed by Yitzchak Yehuda Leon Templo.
Antique signature: Shlomo ben K.H. Rafael Popir, of blessed memory.
Rabbi Yeshayahu Pinto, of blessed memory, was born in 1566 in Damascus to Rabbi Yosef, a descendant of Spanish exiles. He studied at the yeshiva of Rabbi Yaakov Abulafia and later learned kabbalah from Rabbi Chaim Vital. Eventually, he became associated with Rabbi Shmuel Vital, son of Rabbi Chaim Vital, as his disciple and son-in-law. In 1625 Rabbi Pinto moved to the Land of Israel with his family, settling in Jerusalem and later in Safed. Following the passing of his son Rabbi Yosef, he returned to Damascus, where he was appointed head of the rabbinical court. He authored numerous works, including Kesef Nivchar, Kesef Mezukkak, Me’or Einayim, Nivchar MiKesef, and others that remain in manuscript form.
4. Sefer Ateret Rosh, novellae on Tractate Berakhot, by Rabbi Levi ben Rabbi David of Candia.
First Edition. Amsterdam, 1766.
Antique Yemenite signature on the title page.
5. Sefer Reishit Chochmah, by Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas, with the commentary Da’at Chochmah by Rabbi Menachem ben Shlomo HaLevi.
Amsterdam, 1776. Printed by Yosef ben Shlomo Proops.
The title page bears the signature of Rabbi Chizkiyah Raphael Chaim Alfandari.
Rabbi Chizkiyah Raphael Chaim Alfandari was the son of Rabbi Shlomo Alfandari. He served as a rabbi in Jerusalem, where he is documented signing alongside the Chida in 1761. Later, he served as a rabbi in Salonika, a dayan in Constantinople during the 1770s, and eventually as the head of Constantinople’s rabbis.
6. Sefer Lechem Setarim, interpretations and novellae on Tractate Avodah Zarah, by Rabbi Shlomo Algazi.
Strasbourg, 1777. With the approbation of the Noda BiYehuda.
7. Sefer Pnei Aryeh, on Talmudic tractates, by the sage Rabbi Aryeh Leib, son of Rabbi Moshe Katz, of blessed memory, and son-in-law of Rabbi Asher Kametz. Both served in the Jewish community of Tiktin.
Only Edition. Nowy Dwór, 1787.
Extremely rare! Has appeared only once in a public auction.
Antique ownership inscription: Belongs to Rabbi Mordechai Melamed, signed Yosef Elchanan son of the pious from Sejny. [Rabbi Yosef Elchanan HaLevi, Av Beit Din of Philipowa, Rajgród, and Seirijai, was the son of the renowned Rabbi Meir HaLevi Chassid of Sejny. Rabbi Yosef Elchanan passed away in 1877 and authored Einot Mayim (Warsaw, 1855).]
Includes numerous ancient signatures and ownership inscriptions, among them: Shalom ben Binyamin Mintz of Suwałki, Binyamin Mintz of Suwałki.
Additional inscriptions are found on the sefer’s binding.
Overall Good Condition, Complete Copies, Original Vellum, Leather and Old Bindings. A bit rubbed and show signs of age.
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