Bidspirit auction | Igeres HaTiyul. Aleppo! 1872. With

Igeres HaTiyul. Aleppo! 1872. With mention of the Apta Rav! - Brief commentaries based on Pshat, Remez, Drush and Sod, by R. Chaim Ben Betzalel, brother of the MaHaRAL. An intriguing collection of various streams of Torah thoughts, this sefer was first published in Prague in 1605. Reprinted in the ancient Jewish community of Aleppo by R. Mordechai Chaim Dayan. In the introduction, the publisher quotes the Apta Rav the Gaon & Chossid, Moifes HaDor, R. Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel in his approbation to the Sefer HaChaim; “that the Torah of the author is all pearls….. written with Ruach HaKodesh”. It is rare to find mention of the early Chassidic Rebbes in seforim printed in Sephardic lands. Sasson press. 32 pages. 14 cm. Overall fine condition. Some wear and repairs. Antique wraps. One of the earliest seforim printed in Aleppo. Opening bid $150