Rare Hebrew Classic! Sefer Hayashar. First Edition. Venice, 1625.
History and chronicles of the Jewish nation from the times of Adam until the era of the Judges.
Sefer Hayashar is one of the oldest known Jewish works.
It was discovered buried in the walls of a house in Yerushalayim during the era of the Destruction of the Second Temple. Harav Avraham the son of the Vilna Gaon believed that its origin dated back to the generation of (Dor Hamidbar) Wilderness (Rav Pealim p. 67). in the Torah commentaries of the early Rishonim, (among them the Ramban and Rabbeinu Bchayei) it is mentioned, and it is also cited in the Yalkut Shimoni.
This work was widely disseminated, printed in numerous editions, and even translated into Yiddish along with a collection of mussar lessons derived from the weekly Torah portion and republished as Tam V’yashar (Frankfurt de Main, 1679). This sefer was also reprinted many times and is studied much like the Tze’enah U’re’enah.
This first edition Sefer Hayashar is exceedingly rare. It was printed with the commentary of Harav Yosef Katan, Torah luminary in Fez. The last rare folio features endorsements by Venetian rabbis and an Italian printing license.
Venice, 1625. First edition. 158, [2] leaves. 18 cm. Large font. Title page with architectural border, slightly sheared at edges. Partial new leather binding.
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