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Lot #    4165
Auction End Date    4/1/2003 11:34:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Torat Chaim - 3 Parts
Title (Hebrew)    תורת חיים ג' חלקים
Author    R. Chaim b. Shabbati
City    Salonica
Publisher    Talmud Torah
Publication Date    1713-22
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
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Physical
Description		    3 volumes, folio, 295:200 mm., variously stained and browned, v.3 with expert repairs to several f., bound in modern half leather and cloth boards.
          
Paragraph 1    First editions. Volume 3, contains a responsa to Brazil!
          
Detailed
Description		    Important responsa. The Author, known as Maharhash, Morenu Ha-Rav Chaim Shabbetai, served in the rabbinate in Salonika. He studied under R. Aaron Sason, and subsequently became head of the yeshivah of the "Shalom" community. Many of his pupils became leading authorities such as R. Solomon ha-Levi, R. Isaac Barki, R. Hasdai ha-Kohen Perahyah, and R. David Conforte. It is not clear whether R. Jacob Ruvio or R. Chaim Shabbetai was appointed to the post of chief rabbi by the leaders of the Salonikan communities in 1638, but certainly after R. Ruvio's death in 1640, R. Chaim Shabbetai served as chief rabbi. In point of fact, he had been referred to as "the great rabbi" as early as 1622. He devoted himself assiduously to congregational matters, introducing many important regulations, and was regarded as the outstanding halakhic authority of his time, questions being addressed to him from communities near and far. Only part of his works have been published. These include: novellae on the tractate Ta'anit and on the last chapter of tractate Yoma, published in the Torat Moshe of his son R. Moses (Salonika, 1797); responsa on Even ha-Ezer (Salonika, 1651); and Torat Chaim (3 parts, Salonika, 1713, 1715, 1722), responsa. The second part of this last work is preceded by a Kunteres ha-Moda'ah re-ha-Ones, on contracts entered into under duress, which was published separately (Lemberg, 1798) with a commentary by Jeremiah of Mattersdorf and his son Joab. R. Chaim also wrote Torat ha-Zevah, on the laws of slaughtering and inspection and Seder Gittin (unpublished). Many additional responsa are to be found in the works of his contemporaries and disciples. He was also rabbi of Kahal Shalom Synagogue in Salonika in which position he was succeeded by his son Moses.
          
Paragraph 2    חלק א: בשנת ראה נתתי לפניך היום את' ה'ח'י'י'ם' ואת הטוב (תע"ג). [5], קמח דף. בעמ' האחרון: התנצלות המדפיסים. "אמר ... אברהם בן ... דוד נחמן ... שפסקי הרב ... היו מפוזרים ומפורדי' בבתי הת"ח ... עד שהוצרכו להכריז ... בתחילת ההדפסה שכל איש אשר נמצא אתו מפסקי הרב ... יביאהו אל מזבח הדפוס ... ולא באו לידי כולם כאחד, וכדי שלא לעכב את השעה הייתי מדפיס הבא לידי ראשון ראשון, אשר לסיבה זאת לא יכולתי לסדרם ולחברם ענין לענין, ומתקן המפתחות יתקן את אשר העותי". חלק ב: וקונטריס מודעא ואונסים ... בשנת כי יתנו בגויים ע'ת'ה' אקבצם [תע"ה]. [4], קכח דף. בשער: שמע בני לקול אני אשר כאב לך אחו וגם אצו. שיר בשבח הספר. אוצר השירה והפיוט, ג, עמ' 485, מס' 1667. חלק ג: [תשובות בענינים שונים]. ועתה ... כאן נמצא... קונט' מיוחד מקצת שאלות ותשובות ... הרב ... אבי ... ונשמטו מספרו ... כרם שלמה [שלוניקי תע"ט] ... ונקרא שמו עוללות הכרם ... נאם ... [חיים] משה בכמהר"ר שלמה אמארילייו הכ"מ. בשנת כי שם צוה ה' את' ה'ברכה' ח'י'י'ם' עד' העולם [תפ"ב]. [8], קצב דף. ר' חיים משה הוא שערך את המפתחות של חלק ג.
          
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Description		    CD-EPI 0180589; Enc. Jud.
        
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18th Century:    Checked
  
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Language:    Hebrew
  
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