Auction 20
Lot 186:
Drashot and collected writings on shabbatot and moadim and chiddushim by Gaon Rabbi Masoud Elhadad. First edition, Jerusalem 1906. Advertisement page has a dedication handwritten by Rav Haim Berlin. | Stamps of ownership of Rav Haim Berlin (see more about him in other items from this auction). The kabbalist rabbi Masoud HaKohen Elhadad (1820-1927) was part of the first resettlement of Jerusalem and head of the Beit El kabbalistic yeshiva in Jerusalem for decades. In his last years, when he was more than 100 years old, his students would carry him on their shoulders during holidays and shabbatot to the yeshiva so that he would be able to serve as a shaliach tzibur according to his tradition. The Siddur HaRashash that served him for decades as head of the yeshiva, and in which were written his notes and additions, became the basis for a printed edition of the Siddur HaRashash. | [2], 95; [1], 37, 12 pages. 33cm. Generally good condition.
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