Klei Yakar [homiletical commentary on the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,750

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author

EPHRAIM (SOLOMON) OF LUNTSCHYTZ.

printer

Kalonymus ben Mordechai Jaffe

Place

Lublin

Publication

1602

Description

FIRST EDITION. Title within architectural arch. Signature and lengthy geneological inscription on final leaf, the previous owner signs himself: "Yaakov...ben Yehudah Ha-nikra Leib Brandes Ish Meling, mishalsheleth ha-yichus Ha-gaon R. Chaim ben Ha-gaon hagadol R. Yitzchak Meling (one of the Roshei Yeshivoth and Av Beth Din of Prague for over thirty years, d. 1583)

references

Vinograd, Lublin 79

summary

The author (1550-1619) studied under the tutelage of R. Solomon Luria (MaHaRSHa”L), he later served as Chief Justice of the rabbinical court of Prague. He is best known for this Klei Yakar (“Precious Vessel”), a popular homiletic commentary to the Pentateuch included in most editions of the Mikra’oth Gedoloth

ff.153. Browned and stained, upper margin shaved affecting a few headnotes. Modern morocco. Sm. folio

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