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Lot #    21463
Auction End Date    8/12/2008 1:00:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Jacob Hai Zrehen
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר יעקב חי זריהן
Author    [Ms.]
City    Tiberius
Publication Date    1949
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 294:222 mm., light age staining, ink on stationary, neat Sephardic script, signed and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    Letter by R. Jacob Hai b. Baruch Zrehen (1869-1953) chief rabbi of Tiberius. was born and passed on in Tiberius. A erudite rabbinical scholar, he is the author of several scholarly works: Helek Yaakov (Jerusalem 1902) homiletics; Bikhurei Yaakov (Jerusalem 1906) novellae to the Shulhan Arukh Orah Hayyim and Yore Deah; Shuprah deYaakov (Jerusalem 1912) commentary with kabbalistic insights to the Pentateuch; Ohel Yaakov (Jerusalem 1931) commentary with kabbalistic insights to the Pentateuch. All works carry the approbations of Erez Israel's most notable Sephardic and Ashkenazi rabbis. He served as Chief Rabbi of the Sephardim in Tiberius for many years.
          
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20th Century:    Checked
  
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Israel:    Checked
  
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Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica