Bidspirit auction | Tanach Goral HaGra Amsterdam, 1701

Tanach Goral HaGra Amsterdam, 1701 * Torah, Nevi’im and Kesuvim meticulously proofread, with charts of kri and ksiv, chaseiros and yeseiros, and calendar of haftaros. Fine copy with gilded leaves. There are three title pages: The first title page is copperplate engraved; the second is in Hebrew; and the third is in Latin. Tanach Goral HaGra This Tanach, divided into two columns, is used for performing the famous 'goral' (lot casting) known as the ”Goral HaGra”. A Tanach of this kind was used by the righteous Rabbi Aryeh Levin when he conducted the famous lot (Goral HaGra) to identify fallen soldiers (see a photograph of the Tanach in the book Ish Tzaddik Haya, p. 114). Amsterdam, 1701. Page Size: 14.8 cm. Two columns per page, without vowels. Page Count: [6], 292 leaves, 293-306, [4] pages. Condition: Good. A few stains. Old binding (slightly worn).