Bidspirit auction | EPHRAIM (SHLOMO) OF LUNTSCHYTZ. Klei

EPHRAIM (SHLOMO) OF LUNTSCHYTZ. Klei Yakar [homiletic commentary to the Chumash]. FIRST EDITION. ff. 153. Trimmed and browned, few stains, first and least leaf remargned. Later vellum-backed marbled boards, worn. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Lublin 79. Lublin: Kalonymus ben Mordechai Jaffe 1602 A student of R. Solomon Luria (MaHaRSHa”L), the author (1550-1619) was later appointed Chief Rabbi of Prague, the most important Ashkenazic center of Jewish life at the time. He is best known for his Klei Yakar (“Precious Vessel”), a popular commentary to the Chumash that is now included in most all editions of the Mikra’oth Gedoloth.