Bidspirit auction | Sefer Minei Targuma, Rabbi Yashaya

Sefer Minei Targuma, Rabbi Yashaya Berlin, Vilna 1836. Signed by Rabbi Chaim Sethon. Rabbi Chaim Sethon was one of the rabbis of the city of Safed , and for a time served as the city's chief rabbi. Author of the book 'Eretz Chaim' regarding the customs of the Land of Israel. He was born in Safed to Rabbi Menashe Sethon , former rabbi of Aleppo . His father married a woman of Ashkenazi descent in Safed, after he was widowed by his first wife, and from this marriage Rabbi Chaim was born. After being orphaned by his father at the age of only five, his mother married Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Salitzer, and educated him according to her spirit and aspirations, according to the Ashkenazi custom. He studied in the yeshivot of the Ashkenazi rabbis. After that he continued to study in the company of the Sephardic rabbis. In 1902 she was appointed Chief Rabbi in Safed . Author of a Sefer of customs on the customs of the Land of Israel called 'Eretz Chaim'. The Sefer is a collection of laws and customs related to the land from a wide variety of arbitrators, collected and edited by Sethon. The book includes the consents of the rabbis Rabbi Yaakov Shaul Elishar , Rabbi Yitzchak Moshe Abulafia , the Ridavaz , Rabbi Chaim Berlin and Rabbi Eliyahu Bechor Hazan. He finished writing the Sefer on his 35th birthday and three years later was brought to print. Size : 21 cm Pages: [2] 37 Condition : Overall in fine condition, few small damages on last page, stains, new binding.