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Collection of Antique Seforim by Sephardic Authors, 1756–1878. Only Editions – Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Binyamin Ḥamui. -  1. Sefer Yesod Olam – A collection of insights and novellae by Rabbi Moshe ben Aharon Algava. Only Edition. Thessaloniki, 1756. Extremely Rare! Appeared only twice in public auctions. 2. Sefer Shaarei Tzedek – Responsa of the Geonim, edited by Rabbi Nissim ben Chaim Modai. Only edition. Thessaloniki, 1792. Printed by Mordechai Nachman and David Israelija. With approbations by Rabbi Chaim Modai of Safed and Rabbi Yitzchak Maiyo of Izmir. On the title page: Autograph and signature of the renowned Gaon Rabbi Binyamin Ḥamui (1844–1922) – one of the great sages of Jerusalem, author of Shu”t Emtaḥot Binyamin (Jerusalem, 1877). He served as a rabbinic emissary and held rabbinic posts in various cities worldwide including Larissa, Belgrade, Castoria, and finally returned to Eretz Yisrael. On his tombstone is inscribed: “In his Torah he meditated day and night; in the revealed and hidden Torah he excelled.” Among his manuscripts are: Ein Yamin, Bnei Binyamin, LeBinyamin Amar. Rabbi Nissim Chaim Modai (d. 1891) – one of the great sages and head of the rabbinical court in Izmir. Son of Rabbi Avraham. Author of Derisha MeChaim, Meimar Chaim, Nafshenu BaChaim, and others. 3. Sefer Lev Nishbar – A polemical work by Rabbi Yitzchak Abulafia, author of Shu”t Pnei Yitzchak and chief rabbi (Ra’avad) of Damascus. This work is a response to the criticisms made against him by Rabbi Shalom Moshe Ḥai Gagin in his sefer Yismach Lev (Jerusalem, 1878), which included disparaging remarks. In his introduction, Rabbi Abulafia details the course of events and goes on to answer each halachic objection raised by Rabbi Gagin. Only Edition. Izmir, 1878 . Printed by Shabbat Aḥim. Included:  Sefer Dim’at Ephraim – A eulogy by the renowned Gaon Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Margoliot of Brody for Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl, author of Me’or Einayim, along with additional sermons on various topics. Only Edition. Lviv, 1899. With the stamp of the famed Jewish activist Rabbi Chaim Roth of Budapest.