Bidspirit auction | NAJARA, MOSHE. Lekach Tov. FIRST

NAJARA, MOSHE. Lekach Tov. FIRST EDITION. A sound, wide-margined copy. ff. 149, (1). Ex-library, trace stained, few neat marginal repairs. Modern calf. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Constantinople 250. Constantinople, Solomon & Joseph Ya’avetz, 1575. A Halachic and Aggadic commentary to the Chumash, with special attention to the 613 precepts, together with Kabbalistic inferences. The Turkish-born author (c. 1508-81) lived in Damascus and Tzfat and was one of the disciples of the Ar’i Za’l. His son, R. Yisrael Najara, was a distinguished poet who composed the peerless hymn, Y-ah Ribon. See M.J. Heller, Lekah Tov What’s in a Name? https://seforimblog.com/2024/03/lekah-tov-whats-in-a-name/ Provenance: Kestenbaum Sale 3, Duplicates from the Rare Book Room, Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Lot 188.