Elucidations on Megillat Esther; Passover haggadah; Zevach Pesach; homily for Matan Torah; homily for Shabbat Shuva; novellae on the Talmud; novellae on the Rambam; novellae on the Shulchan Aruch – laws of megillah, Passover, and holidays. By Rabbi Chaim Abulafia, av”d Izmir, who revitalized the Jewish settlement in Tiberias. Izmir, [1729]. First edition.
[8], [216], 165-171, [24] (The 24 leaves bound in this volume at the conclusion, are bound at the beginning of other editions.)
The title page bears the signature of kabbalist Rabbi Avraham Toubiana, author of the noted kabbalistic prayerbook Chessed L’Avraham (Izmir, 1764). He wanted to follow the Arizal’s customs in his synagogue in Algeria and stirred a large polemic. He passed away in 1793.
Old leather binding with light blemish to the spine. Minimal aging stains and worming holes. A number of loose leaves. Fine condition.