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Sep 12, 2022
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LOT 30:
Magen Avraham. Venice, 1603, First Edition
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Magen Avraham. Venice, 1603, First Edition
Sermons and articles by Rabbi Avraham Laniado. Venice, 1603.
The author, Rabbi Avraham Laniado, was born in 1545 and lived in Safed. As he writes in the introduction, he studied under Rabbi Yosef Karo, and was the son-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel Laniado 'Ba'al HaKelim.' In 1603-1604 he lived in Venice, where he printed his father-in-law's book the Kli Yakar, as well as the book before us. He later became rabbi of Aleppo until his death in c. 1620.
180 pages.
Fair condition, wear, water & damp stains, restoration, unbound.
