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First and Rare Edition! Mikra'ei Kodesh by Rabbi Chaim Abulafia. Izmir, 1729

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Mikra’ei Kodesh, elucidation on Megillat Ester and the Passover Haggadah and innovations on the Moadim in the Shas and Rambam, by Rabbi Chaim Abulafia. The press of Yonah [Ashkenazi] and David Chazan, Izmir, 1729. First edition. Rare. 

[4], 24; 216 leaves. 20 cm. With several glosses in Sephardic script. 

The Gaon Rabbi Chaim ben Rabbi Yaakov Abulafia (1660-1744) Shadar and Av beis Din of Safed, Izmir and Tiberius. One of the refounders of the Jewish Yishuv of Tiberius. Author of Yosef Lekach and Etz Chaim on the Torah and Yashresh Yaakov and Shvut Yaakov on Ein Yaakov. Was a disciple of Rabbi Moshe Galanti (the Second) at the Beis Yaakov Yeshiva of Jerusalem. 

New binding. Stains. Moth holes. Taping to the edges of the first leaves. Fair-good condition.