Hedayah, Shalom. Shalom Le'Am

Estimate

$500–$700

Hammer price

$1,400

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ALEPPO)

printer

Y. Dayan

Place

Aleppo

Publication

1896

Description

FIRST EDITION. Vignette of Jerusalem on p. 104

references

Yaari, Aleppo 21

summary

Shalom Hedaya (1864-1945), a native of Aleppo and member of an illustrious Rabbinic family, moved to Jerusalem as a young man and was soon appointed Chief Justice of the Sephardic Bet-Din of Jerusalem and Principal of the Bet-El Yeshiva This ethical work, Shalom Le'Am became very popular, and in the words of David Sutton: "Many attribute the great respect in Aram-Soba for Torah institutions and Torah scholards to the intense study of this book by the community." (See Aleppo, City of Scholars, p. 219)

ff.(6), 112. Ex-library, lightly browned. Recent boards. 4to

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