(BIBLE, Hebrew. PENTATEUCH, FIVE MEGILLOTH AND HAPHTAROTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With Rashi’s commentary and Targum Onkelos

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(COURT OF LAW)

Place

Vienna

Publication

1860

Description

With manuscript leaf (torn) signed by Solomon Judah Leib Rapoport (Shi”r), Chief Rabbi of Prague

summary

Court-Room Hebrew Bible. With manuscript leaf (torn), signed by the esteemed Chief Rabbi of Prague, Solomon Judah Leib Rapoport, with official seal, noting this Bible to be used in Courts of Law to administer the Oath to Jewish witnesses. Document and the Bible specify which page to turn to (The Ten Commandments) when administering the oath. For another example of such a Hebrew Bible, see Kestenbaum & Company, 13th November, 2001, lot 94

Lightly browned. Contemporary boards. 4to

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