Chok Le-Yisrael

(BAGHDAD)

(Rachamim b. Reuben b. Mordechai)

Baghdad

1868

Title in blue and red

Yaari, Baghdad 11

Rare Baghdadi Imprint of Chok le-Yisrael On the verso of the title appears an appreciation to Abdullah David Sassoon and his brothers for purchasing 200 copies of this book for use in the Sassoon School of Bombay, India. In 1832, David S. Sassoon, a native of Baghdad, moved to Bombay, where the family established an international business concern.The beneficence of David Sassoon and his eight sons, the eldest of whom was Abdullah, greatly contributed to the Jewish community of Bombay and indeed the city as a whole. In the mid-1870s Abdullah (by now Albert) settled in London and in 1890 was created a Baronet. See EJ, Vol. XIV, cols. 896-899. Chok Le-Yisrael is an arrangement of texts by the kabbalist R. Chaim Vital, whereby each day one studies a portion of the Talmud. The book gained wide acceptance in the Sephardic world