Sefer Nichpa BeKesef.

£1,650 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Rabbi Yonah Navon (1713-1760) served as a Rabbi, educator and head of two Yeshivas in 18th-century Jerusalem. As was customary at the time, he went on fund-raising missions to Greece and Turkey, in order to raise support for the struggling Jewish communities in the Holy Land. While in Constantinople he had this book printed. Containing two parts under one title it is a questions and answers work about the Arbah Turim (often called simply the Tur) an important Halakhaic code composed by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher, also known as Ba'al HaTurim. First edition; folio (32 x 20.5 cm); 18th-century style calf boards, gilt, edges rubbed, small marginal tears and very slight warming to few leaves; [3], 3-190, 7 ll. Vinograd (Const.), 544; Yaari 415, p.204.

  • Binding: Hardcover

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