Chukei Chaim [responsa with Talmudic and Halachic novellae]

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

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GAGUINE, CHAIM ABRAHAM.

Chukei Chaim [responsa with Talmudic and Halachic novellae]

<<First edition.>> Scattered marginalia in a Sephardic hand (slightly cut by binder). ff. (2), 170. Signature on title, slight staining, marginal cut on ff. 114 and 153. Later half calf. Folio. Halevy, 9.

Jerusalem: Israel Bak 1843

Est: $500 - $700

Chief Rabbi Chaim Abraham Gaguine (1787-1848) of Jerusalem was the first Chief Rabbi to bear the official title “Haham Bashi” through a royal firman by Sultan Abdul Mejid. He stemmed from a distinguished rabbinic family of Castilian origin by way of Morocco. See Frumkin-Rivlin, Toldoth Chachmei Yerushalayim, pt. 3, pp. 276-78. Rivlin (p. 276 n. 3) emphasizes the fact that this work contains much material pertaining to the history of Eretz Israel. Halevy points out a responsum of bibliographic interest pertaining to the printer Israel Bak (no. 33, ff. 57b-59a). An autograph manuscript of sermons by Haham Gaguine was sold by Kestenbaum, June 25th, 2015, Sale 65, lot 28.