Hebrew. PSALMS). Sepher Tehilim with commentaries by R. David Kimchi (RaDa”K) and R. Joseph Chayun (ReYa”CH)

Estimate

$8,000–$10,000

Hammer price

Not recorded

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author

(BIBLE,

printer

Don Judah Gedaliah

Place

Salonika

Publication

1522

Description

Letter “Aleph” on f.180r. (beginning Psalm 119) historiated

references

Vinograd, Salonika 30; Mehlman 69; not in Adams

summary

Joseph ben Abraham Chayun (d.1497) was the last Chief Rabbi of Lisbon before the Expulsion from Portugal. From Lisbon, Chayun went to Contantinople, dying shortly thereafter. The commentary on Psalms is Chayun’s first published work. It was followed by a commentary on Ethics of the Fathers, Milei de-Avoth (Constantinople, 1578). His most famous disciple was R. Joseph Ya’abetz, known in rabbinic literature as “He-Chasid Ya’abetz.” Abrabanel consulted with Chayon in Lisbon on halachic matters. See Ya’ari, Ha-Defus ha-Ivri be-Kushta (1967), p. 128, no. 195; EJ, Vol. VII, col. 1514. The printer, Judah Gedaliah. was foreman at Eliezer Toledano’s press in Lisbon. After the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal (1497) he settled in Salonika and became the town’s prototypographer in 1515

ff. 3-209, 230-231, 132-136, 135-136. (Mispaginated.) The order of ff. 103-104 (Psalm 102) has been reversed. f.175 loose. Lacking title. (According to Mehlman, ff. 1-2 are also lacking from the JNUL copy ). Opening few leaves worn, stained. Calf-backed boards. Folio

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