Auction 70

Masechet Chulin - the Personal Copy of the Eldest of the Kabbalists Rabbi Mordechai Sharabi, with His Four handwritten Signatures!

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Masechet Chulin with the commentators, small edition with an irregular layout. Shlomo Shpercher Press, Lemberg, [1867]. 147; 191; [1] leaf of subscribers 108; 48 leaves. The first title page is missing. 22.5 cm. Good condiityon. Signs of usage. Some wear. Old binding, with a worn leather spine. 

On the inside front board, two signatures handwritten by the Divine Kabbalist Rabbi Mordechai Sharabi. On the edgess of the leaves, two additional signatures by him. 

Th eRav studied this Gemore when he studied at the Beit El Yeshiva (for studying Kabbalah) and the Shalom Avdo Yeshiva (for studying Nigleh). Their stamps appear on the leaves. Eventually Rabbi Mordechai himself headed these yeshivas. Alongside these signatures, trial practices of the Hebrw Alphabet, in Sepgardic and Ashkenazic script. Possibly, these notations were also handwritten by Rabbi Mordechai. 

Please refer to Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Mordechai Sharabi.