Shulchan Aruch
for Students
with Title Page
in Ladino
Constantinople, 1801
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Extremely rare!
Pocket size Shulchan Aruch containing the halachos of Yamim Nora’im, Succah and Chanukah in a special format edition created especially for the students of the Talmud Torah in Constantinople.
The sefer opens with a title page in Ladino
The last page features two illustrations printed on both sides of the page. The first depicts Bnei Yisrael’s camp in the Wilderness around the Mishkan, and the second is of Yericho surrounded by seven walls. (See A. Yaari, Mechkarei Sefer ppgs. 466-469 regarding the second illustration.)
The title page contains the signatures of two students from the Talmud Torah:
Habachur Yitzchak Shlomo and
Habachur Mordechai Sasson
Constantinople, 1801. Refael Chaim Eliyahu Pardo Press. [1], 23, [1] leaves. Page size: 15 cm. Antique leather binding with gilded border and engraved gilded dedication. Minor, light stains. Very rare!
Provenance: William L. Gross Collection
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