Auction 57

Lot 130:

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First section of the Zohar printed by Rabbi Yisrael Bak. The first printing in Jerusalem, 1844

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Zohar on the Torah “from the holy Tanna Rabbi Shimon bar Yochay, with the Torah’s secrets and the nidrash hane’elam…and as previously printed in Mantua and Livorno…now with new notes Dvash Lepi (by the Rav HaChida) from Rabbanan Kadishi”. Well-known printing by a Berdichev chassid, Rabbi Yisrael ben Avraham Bak. First Zohar printed in Jerusalem (between 1844-46). Shoshana HaLevi 22, 27, 35.

Decorated with approbations from Rabbi Avraham Gagin (first section), Rabbi Avraham Chaim Palagi (third section).
First section: Bereishit. [5], 152, 2-19 leaves. Missing the first title page prefacing the entire set.
Wide margins. Leaves 77-79 have narrower margins (maybe filled in from another copy?), worming holes and damage. Stains, a few bits of tape. Old binding with defects in the corners. Overall fair to good condition.

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