Chidushim al HaTalmud [novellae to the Talmud]

Estimate

$4,000–$6,000

Hammer price

$7,500

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author

TOLEDANO, CHAIM BEN MOSHE.

Place

Morocco

Publication

18th century

Description

Manuscript in Hebrew, written in a cursive Sephardic hand on paper. Two volumes.

summary

Autograph(?) manuscript, apparently unpublished. Volume I includes novellae to Tractates: Berachoth, Eiruvin, Beitzah, Chagigah, Moed Katan. Volume II: Bava Kama, Bava Metzia, Bava Bathra, Zevachim, Yoma, (a leaf of Beitza from volume I) and Kidushin. R. Chaim Toledano (1687-1750) was appointed to the Rabbinical court in Meknes in the year 1723 and served alongside such luminaries as R. Ya’akov ibn Tzur and R. Moshe Berdugo. In 1737 he was appointed Chief Justice. Aside for his judicial talent, R. Chaim headed a Yeshiva as well as composed many rabbinic works.

ff. 93 and ff. 73. Variously worn and stained, wormed with occasional loss of text. Modern boards. Sm. folio.

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