Lot 98:

Zohar On the Torah. Yisrael Bak’s Press in Jerusalem, 1844-1846. Early and Rare.

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Zohar on the Torah, [2] volumes: Bereshit and Vayikra-Bamidbar-Devarim. Print house of Yisrael Bak, Jerusalem, 1844-1846. From the early printings in Jerusalem. Rare.

[2] volumes: Zohar on the Torah, Part 1 (Bereshit), and parts 3-4 (Vayikra, Bamidbar, & Devarim). Print house of Yisrael Bak, Jerusalem, 1844-46 “Now renewing the ‘Devash Lephi’ glosses from Rabbeinu the Chida”. Rare.

Part 1: [5], 252, 2-19 pp. Shortened title page, missing.

Part 3-4: 318 pp. With a special title page for Bamidbar. Comment and signature on the side of the first page of Vayikra, in Yemenite handwriting.

The printer, Rabbi Yisroel Bak, emigrated to Safed from Berditchev (Ukraine) in 1832 and founded a Hebrew printing house that provided livelihood for scores of families. Two years later, during the Syrian Peasant Revolt, the print was destroyed. It was rebuilt, only to be destroyed again in the earthquake of 1837 that destroyed most of the city. Subsequently, Rabbi Yisroel Bak moved to Jerusalem and, in 1841, with the help of Sir Moses Montefiore who donated the press itself, built the first Jewish printing house in Jerusalem.

Without covers. Moth holes, stains. One of the two title pages of part 1 is missing. Damaged spine on part 1 so that the first 2 pp. and last pg. are detached, and the entire volume is split in two. Fair condition.

Measurement: 21 CM

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