Sepher Sephath Emeth. According to the Sephardic rite. With Lurianic meditations

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 156
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Sepher Sephath Emeth. According to the Sephardic rite. With Lurianic meditations

ff. 20, 208. Light stains. Contemporary calf, rubbed. 12mo Vinograd, Safed 7; Ya’ari, Safed 7

Safed: Israel ben Abraham Bak 1832

Est: $15,000 - $20,000
PRICE REALIZED $22,000
The First Prayer-Book Printed in Land of Israel This was also the first Hebrew book printed in Safed, after an interval of almost two and a half centuries. It was Bak's earliest printing effort upon arrival to Safed from Berditchev. The book contains the endorsements of several rabbis, most notably R. Nissim Zerachyah Azulai, grandson of R. Chaim Joseph David Azulai (Chid”a); Chassidic Rabbi Gershon Margaliouth, grandson of R. Issachar Dov Baer of Zlotchov and Safed (author “Bath Eyni” and “Mevaser Tzedek”); and lastly, Rabbi Israel of Shklov, on behalf of the community of Perushim, disciples of the Vilna Gaon. As R. Nissim Azulai explains in his introduction, he was invited by Israel Bak to include in the work several excerpts from the books of his grandfather Chid”a. The title notes that all those who labored at Bak's press were pious Jews and therefore prayers recited from this particular prayer-book will surely be heard on High