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Rishon LeTzion – Polonne, 1809 by Rabbi Chaim Ibn Attar, the Or HaChaim - Approbation by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev - Rishon LeTzion – Polonne, 1809 by Rabbi Chaim Ibn Attar, the Or HaChaim - Approbation by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev Sefer Rishon LeZion, I-II, on Yehoshua Shoftim Shmuel, Yeshaya and Mishlei, by the author of Or Hachaim Hakaddosh. [Yosef ben Zvi Hacohen Press], Polonnoye, [1809]. Rare.  11, 13-18, [1], 20-34, 37-41 leaves. Bluish paper. Approbations by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev and Rabbi Avraham Dov Auerbach Av Beis Din of Polonnoye and Chmelnik. The year 1804 appears on the title page; yet the approbation is from 1809.   The novellae printed in this work were written by the Ohr HaChaim in the Knesset Yisrael Yeshivah that he founded when he moved to Jerusalem. As per the words of his disciple at the beginning of the work: Our ears heard from the holy mouth of the author zt”l that he wants to title this work Rishon LeZion, since it was the first fruit of his labors on holy soil.” יא; יג-יח; [יט]-לד, לז-מא דף. 20.5 ס”מ בקירוב. מצב בינוני-טוב. כתמים, בהם כתמי רטיבות. קרעים, בהם קרעים חסרים, חלקם משוקמים במילוי נייר. סימני עש עם פגיעות בטקסט, משוקמים במילוי נייר. רישומים בעט וחותמת. כריכות עור חדשה.