Sepher Tehilim [Psalms]. With <<Na’avah Tehillah>> commentary by Ya’acov ben Yoseph Harophe.

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(TEHILIM).

Sepher Tehilim [Psalms]. With <<Na’avah Tehillah>> commentary by Ya’acov ben Yoseph Harophe.

<<FIRST EDITION>> of commentary. ff. (4), 166, (2). Stained in places. Modern calf. Sm. 8vo. Vinograd, Jerusalem 48; Halevy 32.

Jerusalem: Israel Bak 1845

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

<<THE FIRST HEBREW PSALMS PRINTED IN JERUSALEM.>> Endorsements of the Rishon le-Zion (Sephardic Chief Rabbi) Chaim Gaguine and of R. Jacob Anteby, Chief Rabbi of Damascus. The commentary contains novellae of many of the contemporary Sephardic scholars, including R. Jacob Anteby (ff. 145v.-146v). R. Jacob ben Joseph Harophe (c. 1780-1851) was a Baghdadi scholar and rabbinic court judge. He was the mentor of R. Ovadiah Somekh who in turn taught R. Yoseph Chaim (Ben Ish Chai) and R. Jacob Chaim Sopher (Kaph HaChaim) - two of the greatest Iraqi sages in modern times.