Avir Ya’akov

Estimate: $250–$300
Hammer price: $275

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author

AKIVA BAER BEN JOSEPH

printer

Josef Dajan

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1717

Description

Second edition. Text in Yiddish only, printed in Wayber-taytsch type. The Elkan Nathan Adler copy

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1096

summary

Divided according to the weekly Torah reading, the book is devoted to expounding saintly tales from the life of Shimon ba”r Yochai, composer of the Zohar

ff. 61. Title supplied from a shorter copy, lightly worn, extreme upper corner of final leaf with loss of few letters. Modern boards. 8vo

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