edrehi moses ben isaac editor (3 Ergebnisse)

First edition; 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm); title printed within ornamental border; library stamp to title and on one or two other leaves, occasional foxing, restorations to corners of title and of the last three leaves; later 18th-century-style calf boards with gilt decorations; text in Hebrew. [3], 52 ll. Book of kabbalistic readings and prayers for Friday nights, customarily recited in the Eastern cities of Morocco. Moshe Edrehi (c. 1774-1842) was a Moroccan scholar, Kabbalist and itinerant preacher in North Africa who travelled to London in 1791, where he studied in the Sephardic Beit Midrash Etz Hayyim, preaching there every Sabbath. A child prodigy he had started preaching at the age of 14. He published this work in order to support himself and his family in Morocco, and after its publication left for Amsterdam. There he published two more works - 'Yad Moshe', a collection of sermons, and 'Ma'aseh Nissim', tales of the ten tribes with a Yiddish translation. His final journey, to the Holy Land, took four years and led Edrehi through France, Italy, Malta and Smyrna, where many of his writings were lost in a fire. The 'Tikun' here arranged according to the book 'Chemdat HaYamin'. ESTC N475360; Roth, Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, B12 - 20. Vinograd, London 135.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Vinograd #135. OCLC: Libraries worldwide that own item: 9. Kabbalistic prayers for Friday nights customarily recited in the Eastern cities of Morocco, according to the Chemdat HaYamin. [3], 52 leaves [i.e. 6, 104 pages] , title printed within ornamental border, modern 3/4 leather, morocco-backed paper boards. Light staining, browning and foxing, a few marginal repairs, wide margins, typographic title-border. Title within typographic border. Edrehi was a Moroccan scholar and itinerant preacher in North Africa before coming to London in 1791, studied in the Sephardic Bet Hamidrash Etz Hayyim, preaching there on every Sabbath. He was a child prodigy and started preaching at the age of 14. After publication of the present work he left for Amsterdam, where he published YAD MOSHE, a collection of sermons, and MA'ASEH NISSIM, tales of the ten tribes with a Yiddish translation, a book which was later translated into English. This is the first of five books that he published in various places around the world. About 1829 he met the writer John Wilson ("Christopher North") in Edinburgh who described him in his series Noctes Ambrosianae in Blackwood's Magazine. Edrehi finally left for Erez Israel, traveling by way of France, Italy, Malta, and Smyrna and taking four years on the journey. The 'Tikun' is arranged according to the book Chemdat HaYamin. Translation of inscriptions: En makom panuy belo shekhina (God's Presence is everywhere). From my father, the famous sage Yehuda Blumberg. God presence is everywhere. Yona Duber son of Yehuda Blumberg of [?].

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. In Hebrew. 110 pages. 12 x 19 cm. Old brown leather boards with gilt borders. Gilt green morocco label on board with owner's name: DAVID SAMUDA. The David Samuda who owned this copy may be one of these two: Nunhead Cemetery. Monumental Inscription of Mrs. (Hannah/Henrietta) Samuda widow of the late David Samuda (1766-1824). Mrs. Alice Samuda. Burial 1786. Samuda family records. Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson (Jewish) manuscripts Society of Genealogists Library. David Samuda (died 1804) David Samuda and Alice Luckett, Marriage 1762. Clipping of a bookseller's description pasted on inner board: . . . " ((3), 52 leaves) (covers loose, inside good) Calf f 675.- Rare, not listed in Steinschneider, Cowely, Roest, Friedberg 1090. Zedner. For the colorful personality of Edrehi, and his curious Account of the Ten Tribes, see EJ 6:380. Our copy has a morocco label on front cover with owner's name David Samuda." Vinograd #135. OCLC: Libraries worldwide that own item: 9. Kabbalistic prayers for Friday nights customarily recited in the Eastern cities of Morocco, according to the Chemdat HaYamin. [3], 52 leaves [i.e. 6, 104 pages] , title printed within ornamental border. Edrehi was a Moroccan scholar and itinerant preacher in North Africa before coming to London in 1791, studied in the Sephardic Bet Hamidrash Etz Hayyim, preaching there on every Sabbath. He was a child prodigy and started preaching at the age of 14. After publication of the present work he left for Amsterdam, where he published YAD MOSHE, a collection of sermons, and MA'ASEH NISSIM, tales of the ten tribes with a Yiddish translation, a book which was later translated into English. This is the first of five books that he published in various places around the world. About 1829 he met the writer John Wilson ("Christopher North") in Edinburgh who described him in his series Noctes Ambrosianae in Blackwood's Magazine. Edrehi finally left for Erez Israel, traveling by way of France, Italy, Malta, and Smyrna and taking four years on the journey. The 'Tikun' is arranged according to the book Chemdat HaYamin.