(Rabbinical scholar and communal leader of Jerusalem, 1834-1909). Autograph Letters Signed, in Hebrew, written to his sons and students.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $550

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author

BAHARAN, SHLOMO ZALMAN.

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26th Shevat & 27th Sivan

Place

Jaffa

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Description

Halachic comments to Tractate Baba Kama, laws of Shelichuth (conditions pertaining to emissaries) and other Talmudic topics.

summary

Son of the legendary R. Nachum Levy of Shadik, R. Shlomo Zalman BaHaRaN was one of the founders of the Meah Shearim district of Jerusalem. He was renowned as an expert in the production of Ethrogim for which he would spend much time in the orchards of Jaffa. For a full biography of this extraordinary man including his family background and the role he played in the Ashkenazic community in Jerusalem see, E. Ki-Tov, HaPotheach Sha’ar (1956).

Three pages.

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