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LOT 176:
Kerem Ein Gedi. First Edition. Königsberg, 1764. Rare Sefer
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Kerem Ein Gedi. First Edition. Königsberg, 1764. Rare Sefer
Sefer Kerem Ein Gedi - special commentary for the Chad Gadya hymn by Rabbi Yehudah b"r Mordechai Horowitz of Zamut. Königsberg, 1764. First edition. Rare sefer. To the best of our knowledge, the sefer has not been at auction for a long time.
Philosophic and mussar work on the hymn Chad Gadya, recited as part of the Passover haggadah. The author brings ten questions on the hymn, and resolves all of them in his own way. The author was a rabbi and a doctor in Vilna and in Horodna. He studied medicine in Padua and was an expert linguist. He was a dayan in Rabbi Heschel of Vilna's beit din, and also authored the sefarim Tzel HaMa'alot and Amudei Beit Yehudah.
Otzar HaHaggadot 243. Ginzei Yisrael - Osef Mehlman 997.
10 leaf, 16x35 cm.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Elegant new leather binding.
