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Ohr Chadash by Rabbi Eleazar ben Eleazar Kallir with a printed letter from Hart Lyon, a British Chief Rabbi, Frankfurt, 1776.

This first edition of Chiddushim (Novellae) to the talmudic tractate Pesachim was printed in Frankfurt on the Oder in 1776.  The author's father, Eleazar, died before his son's birth in 1728, and Rabbi Eliazar ben Eliazar was given his father's name.  In 1759 he was appointed rabbi of Zabludow, and in 1768 rabbi and head … Continue reading Ohr Chadash by Rabbi Eleazar ben Eleazar Kallir with a printed letter from Hart Lyon, a British Chief Rabbi, Frankfurt, 1776. →

Sefer Ateres Rosh by R. Levi ben David of Kodnya, Amsterdam, 1766 (The Jews College, London copy).

This is another book that has come from the library of Jews College in London, and it has the old stamp of the Beis Hamedrash HaAshkenazi (the study house of the Ashkenazi community) in London. From time to time, books appear for sale that have come from the Jews College Library, in London, and I … Continue reading Sefer Ateres Rosh by R. Levi ben David of Kodnya, Amsterdam, 1766 (The Jews College, London copy). →