Aryeh Leib Charif. Sepher Em LaMasoroth.* Printed together with:Shneor Zalman ben Menachem Mendel [Mendelevich]. Sepher Zichron Yerusahalayim.
AUCTION 57 |
Thursday, January 31st,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 127
(ISRAEL, LAND OF).
Aryeh Leib Charif. Sepher Em LaMasoroth.* Printed together with:Shneor Zalman ben Menachem Mendel [Mendelevich]. Sepher Zichron Yerusahalayim.
Jerusalem: Nissan ben Israel Bak & Grandson 1876
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $1,300
Printed by grandfather and grandson: The first work deals with Masoretic issues, i.e. the proper spelling of various words in the Pentateuch. The second work is a travel-guide to Eretz Israel and cities far beyond: Includes descriptions of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, Baghdad, Bombay, Alexandria, Izmir, Istanbul and London.
Zalman Mendelevich was an emissary on behalf of Kollel Chabad of Hebron and Jerusalem. His travels took him to Baghdad and Bombay, where he benefited from the munificence of the legendary Sassoon family. See Ya’ari, Sheluchei Eretz Israel (1977), pp. 695-696; Halevy, The First Hebrew Books Printed in Jerusalem (1975), p. 113.
Em LaMasoroth is graced by the approbations of many famous rabbis: the Rishon le-Zion, Abraham Ashkenazi; Elijah Mani and Shimon Menashe, respectively Sephardic and Chabad rabbis of Hebron; plus the venerable Chassidic Rabbi Aaron of Chernobyl and his three sons.