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(CHASSIDISM) - Pirkei Avoth [Ethics of the Fathers]. With commentaries by Ovadiah Bartenura, Alsheich and Chid”a.. Illustration on title depicting the tombs of R. Shimon bar Yochai, his son R. Elazar and R. Yochanan. Previous owner’s signature on title of R. Michel Brandwein, Rebbe of Turka-Stretin. ff. 43. Marginal tears to title, some staining, few tape repairs. Modern blind-tooled calf. 4to. Ya’ari, Safed 19; S.J. Weiss, Pirkei Avot no. 186. Dov Ber Kara, Safed: 1865. The list of subscribers on the final page is historically significant, listing several dozen members of the Chassidic community of Safed that re-established themselves in the city following the devastating earthquake there in 1837.