Bidspirit auction | Benei Yitzḥak - Jerusalem 1884

Benei Yitzḥak - Jerusalem 1884 - Sefer Benei Yitzḥak By the great rabbi, our teacher Rabbi Yitzḥak ben Ḥayyim Akshuti, of blessed memory, dayyan in Constantinople Homilies interwoven with Scripture, novellae on the Talmud and on the Torah; at the end, responsa and collected passages. Published by the younger brother of the author, Rabbi Shabtai Akshuti, who appended his own book Kol Shaḥal. Jerusalem, the press of Moshe Peretz and Avraham and Yitzḥak Gagin, under the management of Shmuel Ha-Levi Zuckermann 1884 Rabbi Yitzḥak Akshuti was born in Constantinople, Turkey, where he studied Torah under the sages of the city, among them Rabbi Eliyahu Anav, whose daughter he married. He was not blessed with children. From 1837 until his passing he served as rabbi and dayyan in Piri Pasha, a suburb of Constantinople, together with Rabbi Yosef Alfandari and Rabbi Yaakov Ha-Levi. He passed away on the 18th of Iyyar, Lag ba-Omer, 1862. The approbation of Rabbi Rafael Meir Panizil and Rabbi Yaakov Sha’ul Elyashar. The publisher’s introduction by Rabbi Shabtai. A separate title page for Sefer Kol Shaḥal: “Sefer Kol Shaḥal, which I nurtured and raised in the days of my youth, part of it in my birthplace Constantinople and part of it here in the holy city Jerusalem, may it be rebuilt and established… says the humble Shabtai ben Ḥayyim Akshuti, may his soul be bound in the bond of life.” Jerusalem, the press of Avraham and his brother Yitzḥak Gagin, under the management of Shmuel Ha-Levi Zuckermann 1884 An introduction containing much biographical information concerning Constantinople and Jerusalem [he ascended to Jerusalem in 1870 and passed away there on the 3rd of Tevet, 1889]. Homilies for eulogies, on acts of kindness, the virtue of the Land of Israel, on Torah, on the Exodus, on Passover and on repentance. Collections on the Torah and novellae on the Talmud. Before the indexes, two supplicatory poems with the acrostic “Shabtai ben Ḥayyim.”