Auction 8

“Ben Ish Chai,” Halachot, Baghdad, 1912—rare edition.

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Halachot of the year, 1 and 2, by the Rav Yosef Haim. Printed by Yehoshua Shlomo Bechor, second edition. The important halakhic book of the Ben Ish Chai, printed first in Jerusalem in 1898, quickly all of the books printed in this edition were sold from the thirst of the nation for the glosses of the Rav Ben Ish Chai. This edition was printed 3 years after the death of the compiler, by Rav Ezra Mordechai David, with the permission of the compiler’s son, Rabbeinu Yaakov. Generally ok to good condition, stains from use and wear, pages loose, original binding is worn and loose. Signature of ownership on the cover of David Idan, of Tunis.