Marginalia of the Saba Kaddisha Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Alfandri
Shu"t Maharatz Chiyut, 3 parts. Zolkova, 1849-1850.
Marginalia in the holy handwriting of the Saba Kaddisha Harav Shlomo Eliezer Alfandri on
Shu"t Maharatz Chiyut.
A number of his glosses appear in the margins of Maharatz Chiyut, one of which opens with the acryonm AS”E Einai [*Amar Shlomo Eliezer].
Two of the glosses are comments regarding the offering of Korbonos in our times.
Harav Shlomo Eliezer Alfandri (1826-1930) was known as a sage and a miracle worker. He served as the Rabbi of Constantinople, Damascus, and Tzfas. Rabbi Alfandri lived past his centennial birthday, whereupon, at the behest of it’s scholars, he journeyed to Jerusalem and settled there in the final years of his life. He was a staunch opponent of Zionism and Agudas Yisroel as well as any religious modernization. Among his works are:
Shu"t HaSaba Kaddisha and
Shu"t Maharshah.
Additionally this work contains several marginalia of Harav Yisrael Moshe Chazzan (1808-1863), grandson of the Chikrei Lev. He served as the Av Beis Din of Rome, Corfu, and Alexandria, and authored several works.
Two of Harav Yisroel Moshe Chazzan’s marginalia are signed with his well-known signature, “HaMaShiaCh” an acronym for ‘Hatzair Moshe Yisrael Chazzan.
Shu"t Maharatz Chiyut, 3 parts. Zolkova, 1849-1850. 24.5*20cm Good condition. Bound together with sefer Cheker Halachah (title page damaged) of the Ohr Chadash
(Vienna, 1838) .
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