Auction 62
Lot 94:
Sefer Pri HaAdamah, commentary and novellae on the Rambam, section II Nezikin-Shoftim, by the Rishon LeZion Rabbi Raphael ben Rabbi Shmuel Meyuchas (see below).
First edition, Salonika, 1752. [9], 174 leaves. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection. Old binding. Leather spine with blemishes. The title page is detached with the leaf following it. Moth damage in several places. Moth perforations. Stains. Fair overall condition.
Inside the book, a stamp "משה כלפון".
The author, Rabbi Raphael Meyuchas (1695? – 1771) the son of Rabbi Shmuel and brother of Rabbi Avraham Meyuchas, the author of Sdeh Eretz. He was sent in 1723 by the Rishon LeZion Rabbi Avraham Yitzhaki to Istanbul to work with the central authorities to get the tyrannical governor Yosef Pacha (Pasha) removed. He led the Beit Yaakov beit midrash and was Av Beit Din of Jerusalem. In the Beit Din served also Rabbi Yitzchak Zerachya Azulai and his son the Chida.
After the passing of Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Algazi, he was chosen as Rishon LeZion. He wrote: Minchat Bikkurim (a shita on the Talmud); Pri HaAdama (on the Rambam and more). The Chida mentions him a few times in his Piskei Din and eulogized him in Chevron. See Arzei HaLevanon 1437.
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