She’erith Israel - Ma’aseh Nissim [“A description of the whereabouts and miraculous living conditions of the Ten Lost Tribes.”]
Auction 95 |
Thursday, November 11th,
2021 at 11:00am
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art
Lot 143
EDREHI, MOSES.
She’erith Israel - Ma’aseh Nissim [“A description of the whereabouts and miraculous living conditions of the Ten Lost Tribes.”]
Lemberg (Lvov): J. Rosanes 1804
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $200
The author (c.1774-c.1842), a most colorful character and native of Morocco, studied in Sale under Rabbi Judah Anhori. However due to unstable conditions in his native land, Edrehi migrated to London, then removed himself to Amsterdam, before resettling in Jerusalem - after undergoing a most harrowing journey that lasted four years. See EJ, Vol. VI, cols. 380-81.
The present work claims to rely on a letter that arrived in Jerusalem in 1647 from beyond the Sambatyon River, providing testimony of the Lost Tribes’ welfare.