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The personal copy of the Tzaddik Rabbi Yosef or Sheraga: Zivchei Todah, by Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Hochgelranter, Drushim. Lvov, [1849]. First edition. Incomplete copy.
Sefer Zivchei Todah by Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf ben Rabbi Eliezer Hochgelranter, Drushim. Lvov, [1849]. First edition. With the handwritten signature and stamps of Rabbi Yosef Or Sheraga of Yazd.
[2], 4, 7-16 leaves. Mispagination. Without leaves 17-40. On one of the missing leaves, Rabbi Yosef Shaul Halevi Nathanson’s approbation was printed. Notations of the flyleaf. With stamps of Rabbi Yosef Or Sheraga and his handwritten signature on the title page. With several handwritten glosses on the margins of the leaves.
Rabbi Yosef ben Rabbi Mulah Babai Sheraga – the rav of Yazd who also served as the physician of the town and was famed as a wonder-worker. Fourth generation from the famed Talmud Chacham and wonder-worker Rabbi Mulah Or Sheraga of Yazd. About Rabbi Yosef Sheraga and his innovations, see Kuntres Tikkun habrit (Jerusalem, 1965), pp. 82-86 and MiYazd LeEretz Yisrael (Jerusalem, 1887), pp. 70-75.
Simple, worn binding. Aging stains. Moth holes. Incomplete copy – without the last 24 leaves. Fair condition.
Measurement: 22 CM
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