Bidspirit auction | GAGUINE, CHAIM AVRAHAM. Chukei Chaim

GAGUINE, CHAIM AVRAHAM. Chukei Chaim [responsa with Talmudic and Halachic novellae]. First Edition.  With stamp of the venerated Magen Avraham Yeshiva, Jerusalem. ff. (2), 170. A fine copy. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Jerusalem 18. Jerusalem, Yisrael Bak, 1843. Contains much material pertaining to the history and personalities of Eretz Israel. R. Chaim Abraham Gaguine (1787-1848) of Jerusalem was the first Chief Rabbi to bear the official title “Haham Bashi, ” granted through a royal firman issued by Sultan Abdul Mejid. He stemmed from a distinguished rabbinic family of Castilian origin by way of Morocco. See Frumkin-Rivlin, Toldoth Chachmei Yerushalayim, pt. 3, pp. 276-78.