Midrash Bechidush. With commentary by Eliezer Nachman Foa

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

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Lot 126

(HAGADAH)

Midrash Bechidush. With commentary by Eliezer Nachman Foa

<<FIRST EDITION. >> ff. 36. Previous owners’ marks, marginal repairs to several leaves with some loss, repaired worming, some staining. Modern vellum-backed marbled boards. 4to. Yudlov 58; Yaari 44

Venice: Giovanni Calleoni for Bragadin 1641

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

Eliezer Nachman Foa was a link in a kabbalistic chain of tradition: His teacher was R. Menachem Azariah (Ram”a) of Fano, and his disciple was R. Moses Zacuto (Rama”z) - both doyens of the Italian school of Kabbalah. A member of an ancient illustrious Italian family, the author served as Chief Rabbi of the Duchy of Modena. For an extensive treatment of many distinguished members of the Foa family see: A. Yaari, Mechkerei Sepher (1958), pp. 325-44. In recent years this Hagadah commentary has become popular among followers of the Grand Rabbi of Belz who republished it together with comments by senior notables among the Belz dynasty of Chassidic leaders.