Bidspirit auction | Darkei ha-Yam. First Edition, Salonika,

Darkei ha-Yam. First Edition, Salonika, 1813. - Sefer Darkei ha-Yam. Sermons for Shabbat ha-Gadol, Shabbat Kallah, Shabbat Teshuvah, Shabbat Zakhor, as well as for festivals and various occasions, by one of the leading rabbis of Turkey, Rabbi Raphael Yitzḥak Maiyo. Only Edition. Salonika, 1813. Printed by Sa‘adyah ha-Levi Ashkenazi. Following the title page: an introduction by Rabbi Mordechai Naḥum, the author’s stepson and disciple. Includes the booklet “Derekh ha-Sha‘ar”, sermons by the author’s teacher Rabbi Yitzḥak Nunez Belmonte, author of She‘akh ha-Melekh on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah. Signatures of Rabbi Chayim Moshe Ardit of Izmir (Rabbi Chayim Moshe Ardit was well-known. The responses “Avkat Rochel” to the “Beit Yosef” were published according to a manuscript in his collection.) [1], 211 Leaves. 28.5 cm.