Aryeh Leib Charif. Sepher Em LeMasoroth.* Printed together with: Shneor Zalman ben Menachem Mendel [Mendelevich]. Sepher Zichron Yerusahalayim.

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

Nissan ben Israel Bak & Grandson

Jerusalem

1876

FIRST EDITION. Two title-pages. Replete with woodcut vignettes of traditional scenes of the Holy Land. This copy inscribed and signed by the author to Nathan Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire on opening blank. From the Library of the London Beth Din.

Halevy, 266

Printed by grandfather and grandson: The first work deals with Masoretic issues, i.e. the correct orthography of the Bible. The second work is a travel-guide to Eretz Israel and cities far beyond. Includes descriptions of Beirut, Damascus, Aleppo, Baghdad, Bombay, Alexandria, Izmir, Istanbul and London. Zalman Mendelevich was an emissary on behalf of Colel Chabad of Hebron and Jerusalem. His travels took him to Baghdad and Bombay, where he benefited from the munificence of the celebrated Sassoon family. (See Ya’ari, Sheluchei Eretz Israel (1977) pp. 695-96; Halevy, The First Hebrew Books Printed in Jerusalem (1975) p. 113). Em LeMasoroth is graced by the approbations of many renowned rabbis: The Rishon le-Zion, Abraham Ashkenazi; Elijah Mani and Shimon Menashe, respectively Sephardic and Chabad rabbis of Hebron; plus the venerable Chassidic Rabbi Aaron of Chernobyl and his three sons.