Israel, Jacob Chai. Terem Yizrach ha-Yom [Poem composed in honor of the investiture of R. Solomon Salem as Haham of the Sephardic community of Amsterdam]

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Israel, Jacob Chai. Terem Yizrach ha-Yom [Poem composed in honor of the investiture of R. Solomon Salem as Haham of the Sephardic community of Amsterdam]

Within typographical border. Poem complete with nikud (vowel points) Single leaf broadside. Folded. Folio Not in Vinograd

Amsterdam: n.p. 1st Cheshvan, 1762

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

Haham Solomon Salem hailed originally from Adrianople (today Edirne, Turkey), and prior to his arrival in Amsterdam served as the spiritual leader of the communities of Sofia (Bulgaria) and Belgrade (Serbia). While staying in Amsterdam to supervise publication of his work Shonei Halachoth, he was chosen by the Portuguese congregation as their Chief Rabbi. He later authored Lev Shalem (1773), a list of sources for Maimonides' code. See M.H. Gans, Memorbook (1977), p. 190