Sedeh Ha’aretz [Halacha and responsa]

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $5,500

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author

MEYUCHAS, ABRAHAM BEN SHMUEL.

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

18th century

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in semi-cursive Sephardic script on paper.

summary

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of an important collection of responsa that was first printed in Livorno, 1788. Initial examination displays variants to the published text and a more comprehensive examination is clearly a necessity. R. Abraham Meyuhas (d. 1767) was a member of a prestigious rabbinic family of Spanish origin. Born in Jerusalem, he studied in Yeshivath Beth Ya’akov under R. Yisrael Meir Mizrahi. Despite a lifetime of blindness he was a leading halachist and kabbalist.

ff. 126. Outer margin of opening leaf taped, edges frayed, light wear. Modern boards, 12mo.

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