Chidushim al HaTalmud [novellae to the Talmud]

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

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

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Lot 74

TOLEDANO, CHAIM BEN MOSHE.

Chidushim al HaTalmud [novellae to the Talmud]

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Sephardic hand on paper. Two volumes. ff. 93 and ff. 73. Variously worn and stained, wormed with occasional loss of text. Modern boards. Sm. folio.

Morocco: 18th century

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $7,500

Autograph(?) manuscript, apparently unpublished. Volume I includes novellae to Tractates: Berachoth, Eiruvin, Beitzah, Chagigah, Moed Katan. Volume II: Bava Kama, Bava Metzia, Bava Bathra, Zevachim, Yoma, (a leaf of Beitza from volume I) and Kidushin. R. Chaim Toledano (1687-1750) was appointed to the Rabbinical court in Meknes in the year 1723 and served alongside such luminaries as R. Ya’akov ibn Tzur and R. Moshe Berdugo. In 1737 he was appointed Chief Justice. Aside for his judicial talent, R. Chaim headed a Yeshiva as well as composed many rabbinic works.