Sedeh Ha’aretz [Halacha and responsa]

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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MEYUCHAS, ABRAHAM BEN SHMUEL.

Sedeh Ha’aretz [Halacha and responsa]

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in semi-cursive Sephardic script on paper. ff. 126. Outer margin of opening leaf taped, edges frayed, light wear. Modern boards, 12mo.

Jerusalem: 18th century

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,500

<<AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT>> of an important collection of responsa that was first printed in Livorno, 1788. Initial examination displays variants to the published text and a more comprehensive examination is clearly a necessity. R. Abraham Meyuhas (d. 1767) was a member of a prestigious rabbinic family of Spanish origin. Born in Jerusalem, he studied in Yeshivath Beth Ya’akov under R. Yisrael Meir Mizrahi. Despite a lifetime of blindness he was a leading halachist and kabbalist.