Haim Hezekiah Medini (CHaCha”M). Na’im Zemiroth [religious poetry and Piyutim recited by the Krymchaks]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $600

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author

(CRIMEA).

printer

Kelter

Place

Warsaw

Publication

1885

Description

Hebrew text. Final page with hymn in honor of Czar Alexander II.

summary

The fame of the author (1832-1904) rests upon his monumental halachic encyclopedia, Sdei Chemed. Born in Jerusalem, he moved to Constantinople and from 1867 to 1899 was Rabbi of Krasobazar (now Bilohirsk, or, Belogorsk) in the Ukranian / Russian Crimea. Medini was especially beloved by the Krymchaks, the indigenous, Rabbinate Jewish community of the Crimean Peninsula.

ff. 26 (additional leaf from another work inserted between ff. 24-5.) Previous owners’ marks, few tears affecting text, stained. Contemporary boards, worn. 12mo.

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