(Rabbi and Chief Shochet of London. 1862-1937).

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Lot 271

HYMAN, AARON.

(Rabbi and Chief Shochet of London. 1862-1937).

Autograph Hebrew Manuscript. Two volumes. Substantial working draft and notes relating to his encyclopedic Beth Aaron. Vol I: ff. 3, 175. * Vol. II: pp. 18, 376, 24. Few leaves loose. Contemporary boards, starting. Folio.

London: 1899

Est: $800 - $1,200

Entitled “Beth Aaron,” this is an encyclopedic alphabetical index to all Aggadic sayings and epigrams found in the Zohar, in Talmudic and Midrashic literature and elsewhere. It was published under the name Beth Vaad LaChachamim in 1901 and revised in 1934 under the title Otzar Divrei Chachamim VePithgameihem. The second manuscript volume here records epigrams according to the names of Tanaim and Amoraim and is apparently the basis for R. Hyman’s Toldoth Tanaim Ve’Amoraim (London, 1910-11). See EJ, Vol. VIII col. 1143.