Lekach Tov [commentary to the Torah]

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,400

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author

NAJARA, MOSES.

printer

Solomon & Joseph Ya’avetz

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1575

Description

FIRST EDITION. A sound, wide-margined copy

references

Vinograd, Const. 250; Yaari, Const. 183; not in Adams

summary

A Halachic and Aggadic commentary to the Pentateuch, with special attention to the 613 precepts, together with Kabbalistic inferences. The author lived in Damascus and Safed and was one of the disciples of Isaac Luria. His son, Israel Najara, was a distinguished poet who composed the peerless hymn, Y-ah Ribon.

ff. 149, (1). Inscription on title excised, first and last page worn, discolored, otherwise a crisp wide-margined copy. Later calf, rubbed. Sm. folio

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