Klei Yakar [homiletic commentary to the Chumash].

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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EPHRAIM (SHLOMO) OF LUNTSCHYTZ.

Klei Yakar [homiletic commentary to the Chumash].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. 153. Trimmed and browned, few stains, first and least leaf remargned. Later vellum-backed marbled boards, worn. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Lublin 79.

Lublin: Kalonymus ben Mordechai Jaffe 1602

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $6,000

A student of R. Solomon Luria (MaHaRSHa”L), the author (1550-1619) was later appointed Chief Rabbi of Prague, the most important Ashkenazic center of Jewish life at the time. He is best known for his Klei Yakar (“Precious Vessel”), a popular commentary to the Chumash that is now included in most all editions of the Mikra’oth Gedoloth.