1. Sefer HaAruch, dictionary of Talmudic words, arranged alphabetically, by Rabbi Natan son of Yechiel of Rome, with references by Rabbi Shmuel Archivolti.
Venice: Bragadin, [1553].
The concluding words at the end of the sefer indicate it was completed at the press after Rosh HaShanah 1553, the year the Talmud was burned in Venice.
Signatures of Rabbi Avraham Abulafia and his son Rabbi Yedidya Abulafia.
166 Leaves. 29.5 cm.
Overall Fair condition, water stains, marginal tape repairs on first and last couple pages, worming affecting text, tear on page 52 affecting text, new light and dark brown leather binding.
2. Drashot "Imrei Shefer" by Rabbi Naftali Hirtz Halevi of Safed –some of a Kabbalistic nature
Sefer Imrei Shefer contains sermons for the weekly Parasha, holidays, hespedim, and various occasions, written by the pious Rabbi Naftali Hirtz Halevi of Safed.
Venice, 1601, first edition.
The sefer includes eulogies for the passing of the Chachamim Rabbi Eleazar Azkari, author of the sefer Haredim, Rabbi Ya’akov Beirav (the second), and Rabbi Ya’akov Abulefia.
"All his Ma’asim were with complete Kedusha and Chassidut, and everything was hidden and concealed on his part" (From the Hesped by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena on the author).
The author, Rabbi Naftali Hirtz Halevi, was one of the scholars of the Land of Israel in the era of the giants of Torah and Kabbalah – the Beit Yosef, the Arizal and others. In his later years, he traveled to Venice and passed away there in 1602, eulogized with great honor by Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh of Modena ( Midbar Yehuda, pp. 78-80).
220 Leaves. 19 cm
Overall Fair condition, light marginal water stains, title page has repair affecting text, worming and a couple tears to first bunch of pages affecting text, some marginal worming to many pages, new lavender leather binding.
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