Klei Yakar [homiletic commentary to the Chumash].

Estimate: $3,000–$4,000
Hammer price: $6,000

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author

EPHRAIM (SHLOMO) OF LUNTSCHYTZ.

printer

Kalonymus ben Mordechai Jaffe

Place

Lublin

Publication

1602

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Lublin 79.

summary

A student of R. Solomon Luria (MaHaRSHa”L), the author (1550-1619) was later appointed Chief Rabbi of Prague, the most important Ashkenazic center of Jewish life at the time. He is best known for his Klei Yakar (“Precious Vessel”), a popular commentary to the Chumash that is now included in most all editions of the Mikra’oth Gedoloth.

ff. 153. Trimmed and browned, few stains, first and least leaf remargned. Later vellum-backed marbled boards, worn. Sm. folio.

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