Birkat Eliyahu . Sermons on the weekly Torah readings by Rabbi Eliyahu Dweck HaKohen. [Constantinople, c. 1785]. First edition.
Specifications: 72 leaves, paper. 31 cm.
Content: The printing of this book was not completed. Includes sermons for Bereishit through the middle of Titzaveh. Printed without a title page. The entire book was printed in Leghorn years later, in 1793.
Background: The author, a scion of a rabbinical, kabbalist family, was a rabbi and adjudicator in Aleppo. He later moved to Jerusalem. These sermons were taken from the ones he delivered every shabbat.
Unique Features: On many leaves, the author wrote ברכת אליאו on the right and left of the title.
Refer to: Y. Mehlman, Ginuzot Sefarim 110, no. 15. O sef Mehlman – Ginzei Yisrael 887.
Condition: Fine-very fine. Aging stains.