1. Orchot Chaim – Florence, 1750. First edition. By Rabbi Aharon HaKohen of Lunel
Halachos for every day of the year.
First edition of a comprehensive work; the author was one of the most prominent Rishonim. This volume is the one parallel to Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim. The other parts were printed only 150 years later. Written just a few years before Arba Turim, there are those who maintain that this is the reason Orchot Chaim was pushed aside and not received as the primary work of practical halacha. However, Rabbi Yosef Karo and all major poskim quote it extensively.
Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod 247. Beautiful new full leather binding. Good condition, stains.
2. Neviim, Ktuvom, and Shmuel Aleph – Venice, 1524. At the press of Daniel Bromberg, Venice, 1524.
Worming to margins.
3. Sefer Shemen haTov Zaken Aharon – First edition – Rare
By the kabbalist Rabbi Shmuel Ohev.
Two compositions: Shemen HaTov and Zkan Aharon – sermons and elucidations, including kabbalistic, on the Torah portions, midrashim and Talmudic Aggadahs,
The compilation Ma’aseh Yeshurun by Rabbi Aharon HaKohen appears in the book’s margins. It is the first description of the blood libel in Raguza [Dubrovnik], of which the merchant Yitzchak (Isaac) Yeshurun of Raguza was accused during Sukkot 1622. He was tortured severely and sentenced to 20 years in prison. However, he was released after three years, in 1625. The Jews of Raguza were prohibited from living outside the ghetto area for the entire period of his sentence. Includes the poem about the miracle. The story of the libel was also printed as a book on its own, called Ma’aseh Nissim, Venice, 1798, and in other editions of Ma’aseh Yeshurun.
Rabbi Shlomo Ohev was a kabbalist and rabbi in Raguza c. 1600. This book was brought to print by his in-law’s grandson and his disciple, Rabbi Aharon Cohen. The book’s second proofreader was kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Zakut; he arranged the lengthy indices.
Venice, 1657. Missing pages.
4. (Responsa) Sdei Ha’aretz – Leghorn, 1788 by Rabbi Avraham Meyuchas.
Responsa on the four sections of the Shulchan Aruch,
The author was the younger brother of the Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Meyuchas bch”r Shmuel author of the Pri Adama and the disciple of the Rishon L’Tzion, author of “Pri Ha’aretz”. His large kabbalistic work, “Diglei Ahava” was just printed. The title page bears the signature of Rabbi Yaakov Antebi, a prominent Damascus sage, who was imprisoned in the infamous Damascus blood libel and released through Montefiore’s efforts. He then moved to Eretz Yisrael and became a prominent Sephardic sage in Jerusalem.
5. (Responsa) Sefer Loshon Chachamim – Livorno, 1781. Responsa on subjects in the Talmud.
Haskama from the Chidah. Only edition, Livorno, 1781. Good condition.
6. Migdanos Nassan – Livorno, 1785. By Rav Eliyahu Chai Burgil, son of Rav Nassan Burgil, author of Chok Nassan.
Novellae on Masseches Shavuos and Makkos and various compilations.
Worming, new binding.
7. (Responsa) Yachin U’Vo’az – Livorno, 1782. By Rabbi Tzemach ben Slomo Doran
Glosses and Signatures.
Worming & repairs affecting text.
8. (Responsa) Yachin U’Vo’az – Livorno, 1782. By Rabbi Tzemach ben Slomo Doran.
Sephardic writing.
Worming & repairs affecting text.
9. (Responsa) Sefer Shemesh Tzedakah by Rabbi Shimshon Morpurgo of Ancona. Venice, 1743. First edition, Part one.
Title page has a copperplate etching of Moshe, Aharon, and of Dovid beheading Goliath.
Part I: Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah. [5], 117 leaves.
Worming.
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