Chukei Chaim [responsa with Talmudic and Halachic novellae]

Estimate

$500–$700

Hammer price

Not recorded

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author

GAGUINE, CHAIM ABRAHAM.

printer

Israel Bak

Place

Jerusalem

Publication

1843

Description

First edition. Scattered marginalia in a Sephardic hand (slightly cut by binder).

references

Halevy, 9.

summary

Chief Rabbi Chaim Abraham Gaguine (1787-1848) of Jerusalem was the first Chief Rabbi to bear the official title “Haham Bashi” through a royal firman by Sultan Abdul Mejid. He stemmed from a distinguished rabbinic family of Castilian origin by way of Morocco. See Frumkin-Rivlin, Toldoth Chachmei Yerushalayim, pt. 3, pp. 276-78. Rivlin (p. 276 n. 3) emphasizes the fact that this work contains much material pertaining to the history of Eretz Israel. Halevy points out a responsum of bibliographic interest pertaining to the printer Israel Bak (no. 33, ff. 57b-59a). An autograph manuscript of sermons by Haham Gaguine was sold by Kestenbaum, June 25th, 2015, Sale 65, lot 28.

ff. (2), 170. Signature on title, slight staining, marginal cut on ff. 114 and 153. Later half calf. Folio.

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