Hebrew, PENTATEUCH & HAPHTAROTH). Orchoth Chaim. With commentary of Rashi and Or Ha’chaim

AUCTION 16 | Tuesday, June 25th, 2002 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Hebrew, PENTATEUCH & HAPHTAROTH). Orchoth Chaim. With commentary of Rashi and Or Ha’chaim

FIRST EDITION OF R. CHAIM IBN ATTAR’S COMMENTARY. Six parts in three volumes. Two title pages. Titles within woodcut architectural borders flanked by Moses and Aaron with Biblical roundelle vignette depicting David’s victory over Goliath I: ff. (3 of 4),86;78. Title provided in facsimile. Many magins expertly repaired, scattered worming, repaired. II: ff. (1of 2),60;72;58. Lacking unnumbered introductory leaf. Title laid down, expert marginal repairs to few leaves, scattered worming, repaired, dampstained. III: ff. 8; 11 (of 12). f.12 provided in facsimile. Scattered marginal worming expertly repaired, few leaves remarigined. Vols I-II: Modern blind-tooled mottled morocco. Vol. III: Modern calf-backed cloth. Folio Vinograd, Venice 1814; Mehlman 624 (incomplete)

Venice: Meir di Zara-Vendermin 1742

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

Moroccan born, ibn Attar, renowned as a saintly Kabbalist, migrated to Eretz Israel, temporarily settling in Acre due to an epidemic raging elsewhere in the country. Upon arriving in Jerusalem he established the Midrash Keneset Israel Yeshivah in order to attract students from the Disapora and thus, he anticipated, hasten the Redemption. The Or Ha-Chaim Bible commentary was circulated extensively in Germany and Poland where it achieved great popularity especially among the Chassidim. Of historical note, this magnum opus is offered at auction on the 259th anniversay (15th Tammuz) of the Or Hachaim’s death