Emeth LeYa’akov [Kabbalah].

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

NINIYO, JACOB SHE’ALTIEL

printer

Aschkenazi Brothers

Place

Livorno

Publication

1843

Description

Includes liturgical meditations and responsa by R. Shalom Sharabi (f. 105b, 112b etc.), R. Yom Tov Algazi (f. 101a-b) and others. Title-page with autograph inscription signed by the author to Yitzhak Cardozo.

references

Vinograd, Livorno 936; Yaari, Shluchei Eretz Yisrael, pp. 75-6.

summary

Rabbi Yaakov She’altiel Nino (1800-c.1849) was born in Jerusalem and grew up in the shadow of the great Beit-El kabbalists. He was sent overseas by the Tiberias community on fundraising missions and developed a reputation of great saintliness.

ff. (5), 145,(1). Lightly browned. Modern marbled boards. Folio.

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