Bidspirit auction | 17th Century. Rishon Mekor Hachaim.

17th Century. Rishon Mekor Hachaim. First edition. Furth, 1697 Rishon Mekor HaChaim, drushim on the five megillos and neviim by Rav Chaim Krochmal, darshan in Prague in the 17th century. Rav Chaim Krochmal (1626 -c.1656) was the son-in-law of Rav Avraham Chaimish of Krakow. He learned by Rav Yoel Sirkis, the Bach, and Rav Aharon Shimon Shapiro, av”d of Prague. He was a noted darshan in Krakow and a prodigious talmid chacham who acted exclusively l'shem Shamayim. Furth, 1697. First edition. At the press of Yosef ben Shlomo Zalman Shneur. [4] 5-98 leaves 18.5 cm. Fine condition.