Chamisha Chumshei Torah - Sepher Vayikra (only). With Rashi and super-commentary Be'er Rechovoth Mezukak. Includes Haphtaroth and Shir HaShirim.

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 38

(ANKKAWA, RAPHAEL)

Chamisha Chumshei Torah - Sepher Vayikra (only). With Rashi and super-commentary Be'er Rechovoth Mezukak. Includes Haphtaroth and Shir HaShirim.

With signatures of Raphael Ankawa on verso of front cover and other older members of the Ankawa family on title. ff. 123, (2), 34. Wormed, some pages loose. Contemporary calf, rubbed. 8vo

Vienna: Anton Schmidt 1813

Est: $700 - $1,000

Raphael Ankawa (1848-1935), president of the Rabbinical Court of Rabat, Morocco, was the supreme leader of Moroccan Jewry. The high regard in which his rabbinic works (Karnei Re'em and Toafoth Re'em) were held resulted in halachic queries being addressed to him not only from across North Africa but also from Jews throughout Europe. R. Ankawa’s tomb in his hometown of Sale has since become a shrine. See S. Wanunu, Encyclopedia Arzei HaLevanon (2006) Vol. IV, p. 1922-24.