S.M. Ish Yeminy [Solomon Mordecai Ximenes]. Acharith VeTikvah Tovah. The Expected Good End. In three parts.

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

L. Alexander

London

1800

FIRST EDITION. English text with much use of Hebrew. From the library of Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool.

Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica p. 332 no. 19a.

A rare volume. Following this first part, no more were published. The antecedents of Rabbi Solomon Mordecai Ximenes (d. 1825) are unknown, but from 1769-70 he served as the last Haham of the Sephardi community of Hamburg, succeeding Jacob Bassan. Later he entered the service of the London Sephardi community as a teacher and member of its Beth Din, however he embroiled himself in disputes with the community. Ximenes was active in Freemasonry and Hebraized his name to Ish-Yemeni. According to the introduction the author wished to show that Jewish messianic hopes “are not illusory, but founded on the truth of the sacred Scriptures and that our greater happiness is still to come” (pp. iv-v).