Auction 15
Lot 240:
The book Zivchei Tzedek part two by Rabbi Abdallah Somech. Baghdad 1864. On the Yoreh Deah section of the Shulchan Aruch. Used personally by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Pattaya and donated by him to the Adat HaBavlim study hall in Jerusalem. He signed his name on the title page “The young one Yehuda Moshe Yeshua Pattaya” as well as a dedication in his handwriting “Kodesh LaHashem to the Study Hall of the Bavlim”. On one of the leaves is a long gloss in his handwriting. An additional gloss, apparently in the handwriting of the Rishon L’Zion Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef in his youth. Moth holes and slight tears. Good general condition. Rabbi Yehuda Pattaya [1859-1942] one of the greatest Kabbalists of the 20th century. Born in Baghdad and one of the greatest disciples of the ‘Ben Ish Chai’ and Rabbi Abdallah Somech. Immigrated to Jerusalem in 1933, where he died and was buried. Known primarily for his greatness in Kabbalah, for expelling ‘dibuks’ and tikkunim for the deceased. He explained dreams and wrote many books about the Kabbalah.
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