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[2] rare books by Rabbi Chizkiya Da Silva. Amsterdam, [1730], in a single volume: Pri...

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[2] rare books by Rabbi Chizkiya Da Silva. Amsterdam, [1730], in a single volume: Pri Chadash, the Yoreh Deah sections and Sefer Mayim Chaim on the Talmud, the Rambam and more. 


* Sefer Pri Chadash, elucidation on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah [Siman 46-149, with the text and Likutim] by the Gaon Rabbi Chizkiya Da Silva. Yitzchak Tempelo Press, Amsterdam. [1730]. [4], 60 leaves. 31 cm. Without the two Latin leaves that appear in some copies. On the flyleaf, a list of books. An ownership notation on the title page with stamps of the Beis Midrash of Vienna. And with a gloss in Sephardic script on leaf 50b. 

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* Sefer Mayim Chaim, Shita on the Talmud and the Rambam. Moshe Frankfurt Press, Amsterdam, [1730]. First edition, rare. 

[1], 44 leaves. 31 cm. With agloss in Sephardic script on leaf 39. Minor blemishes to the title page. 

Rabbi Chizkiah Da Silva (1656-1698), one of the leading contemporary Poskim.  Born in Livorno and immigrated to Jerusalem, where he learned diligently and served as Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Yaakov Viga’. His book Pri Chadash on Shulchan Aruch is considered a fundamental Psikah book. In 1689 he was sent to Europe as a Shadar, publishing his his book in Amsterdam. 

Semi-leather binding. Stains. Some minor blemishes. Good condition.