Yashresh Yaakov by Rabbi Chaim Abulafia, and at the end Sefer Be’er Lachai by his grandfather, Rabbi Yitzchak Nissim ibn Jamil. Izmir, 1729. First edition.Rare,
Sefer Yashresh Yaakov, a collection of commentary on Ein Yaakov, by Rabbi Chaim Abulafia. Printed together with Be’er Lachai, sermons on Torah by Rabbi Yitzchak Nissim ibn Jamil. Yona Ashkenazi and Davin Hazan press, Izmir, 1729. First and rare edition.
Owner’s signature on th title page in Sephardic handwriting: ‘Yosef Zarka Chazaq’.
The Gaon Rabbi Chaim ben Rabbi Yaakov Abulafia (1660-1744) – Charity collector and Av Beis Din of Tzfas, Izmir, and Tveria. From the rebuilder of the Jewish settlement in Tveria. Author of ‘Yosef Lekach’ and ‘Etz HaChaim’ on the Torah, ‘Yashresh Yaakov’ and ‘Shvut Yaakov’ on Ein Yaakov, and other Seforim.Was a disciple of Rabbi Moshe Galanti th second) in Yeshiva ‘Beit Yaakov’ in Jerusalem, and studied there together with Rabbi Chizkiyahu da Silva, author of ‘Pri Chadash’.
The Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Nissin ibn Jamil – born in Tzefas and grew up in Yerushalayim. From the leading Rabbonim of Yerushalayim and Chevron. Rabbi Chaim Abulafia’s maternal grandfather. Author of ‘Chaim VeChessed’ and ‘Be’er Lachai’. Responsa from him are quoted in Responsa Mahari Beirav.
[1], 185-187, 184 pp. Damaged an partially dismantled binding. Stains and moth holes. Due to a broken spine, the Sefer is split in 3.Moisture damage. Fair condition.