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Jerusalem Customs, 1842.

Early Jerusalem print!

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Jerusalem Customs
, 1842.


Early Jerusalem print!


Regulations, rulings, customs and practices observed in the holy city of Jerusalem, as instituted by local rabbanim, edited by the Rishon Letzion Rabbi Chaim Avraham Gagin (Rabbi Agan).

This is one of the first Hebrew works printed in Jerusalem and is an early and original historical source on the daily life and customs of the Sephardic community in Jerusalem.

The last two pages feature letters from rabbanim in Jerusalem regarding the establishment of the printing house of Rabbi Yisrael Beck, along with a warning against infringing upon the exclusive printing rights of the famous Jerusalem printer.

Sefer HaTakanos V’Haskamos:

The sefer contains rules and regulations enacted by the Sephardic rabbanim in Jerusalem regarding the Rabbinate; authorities and leadership; inheritances; estates and legacies; taxes and property taxes; marital and divorce issues; and more. The above refers to practices instituted from as early as 1730 and up until the printing date.

Among the famous dignitaries who signed upon these very first regulations and policies in the Holy Land are: the Machaneh Ephraim; Rabbi Gedalya Chayun, founder of the Beit El kabbalist yeshivah; the Rashash; the Chida and his father; Maharit Elgazi and his father; and other great Jerusalem sages.

In his introduction, Rabbi Agan warns that all the residents of Jerusalem accepted these enactments upon themselves and their descendants for all generations, declaring that whoever transgresses them “shall be turned into a heap of bones.”
At Rabbi Agan’s request, two distinguished Torah scholars compiled these enactments: Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi—who would later serve as Rishon LeTzion—and Rabbi Yaakov Kapiluto.

Complete copy: In some copies, the approbation dated 1842 on the final leaf was not printed, apparently because it was added only at the conclusion of the printing. This copy is complete, with the approbation present.

Jerusalem, 1842. First edition. Yisrael Beck Press.
Page count: [16], 13–72, [4] leaves.
Page size: 15 cm. Two title pages: the first is a general title page with a decorative border, and the second is a separate title page for the Sefer HaTakanos.
Condition: Good. New leather binding.

The bibliographer A. Tauber states in his article ‘LeDivrei Yemei HaDefus BeEretz Yisrael’ (Bibliographical Studies, pp. 10–11) that the printing of this sefer actually commenced before Avodas HaKodesh (1841), and that it was originally intended to be the first sefer printed in Jerusalem. See his article for the supporting evidence.





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Jerusalem Customs, 1842.

Early Jerusalem print!

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Jerusalem Customs
, 1842.


Early Jerusalem print!


Regulations, rulings, customs and practices observed in the holy city of Jerusalem, as instituted by local rabbanim, edited by the Rishon Letzion Rabbi Chaim Avraham Gagin (Rabbi Agan).

This is one of the first Hebrew works printed in Jerusalem and is an early and original historical source on the daily life and customs of the Sephardic community in Jerusalem.

The last two pages feature letters from rabbanim in Jerusalem regarding the establishment of the printing house of Rabbi Yisrael Beck, along with a warning against infringing upon the exclusive printing rights of the famous Jerusalem printer.

Sefer HaTakanos V’Haskamos:

The sefer contains rules and regulations enacted by the Sephardic rabbanim in Jerusalem regarding the Rabbinate; authorities and leadership; inheritances; estates and legacies; taxes and property taxes; marital and divorce issues; and more. The above refers to practices instituted from as early as 1730 and up until the printing date.

Among the famous dignitaries who signed upon these very first regulations and policies in the Holy Land are: the Machaneh Ephraim; Rabbi Gedalya Chayun, founder of the Beit El kabbalist yeshivah; the Rashash; the Chida and his father; Maharit Elgazi and his father; and other great Jerusalem sages.

In his introduction, Rabbi Agan warns that all the residents of Jerusalem accepted these enactments upon themselves and their descendants for all generations, declaring that whoever transgresses them “shall be turned into a heap of bones.”
At Rabbi Agan’s request, two distinguished Torah scholars compiled these enactments: Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi—who would later serve as Rishon LeTzion—and Rabbi Yaakov Kapiluto.

Complete copy: In some copies, the approbation dated 1842 on the final leaf was not printed, apparently because it was added only at the conclusion of the printing. This copy is complete, with the approbation present.

Jerusalem, 1842. First edition. Yisrael Beck Press.
Page count: [16], 13–72, [4] leaves.
Page size: 15 cm. Two title pages: the first is a general title page with a decorative border, and the second is a separate title page for the Sefer HaTakanos.
Condition: Good. New leather binding.

The bibliographer A. Tauber states in his article ‘LeDivrei Yemei HaDefus BeEretz Yisrael’ (Bibliographical Studies, pp. 10–11) that the printing of this sefer actually commenced before Avodas HaKodesh (1841), and that it was originally intended to be the first sefer printed in Jerusalem. See his article for the supporting evidence.





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Jerusalem Customs
, 1842.


Early Jerusalem print!


Regulations, rulings, customs and practices observed in the holy city of Jerusalem, as instituted by local rabbanim, edited by the Rishon Letzion Rabbi Chaim Avraham Gagin (Rabbi Agan).

This is one of the first Hebrew works printed in Jerusalem and is an early and original historical source on the daily life and customs of the Sephardic community in Jerusalem.

The last two pages feature letters from rabbanim in Jerusalem regarding the establishment of the printing house of Rabbi Yisrael Beck, along with a warning against infringing upon the exclusive printing rights of the famous Jerusalem printer.

Sefer HaTakanos V’Haskamos:

The sefer contains rules and regulations enacted by the Sephardic rabbanim in Jerusalem regarding the Rabbinate; authorities and leadership; inheritances; estates and legacies; taxes and property taxes; marital and divorce issues; and more. The above refers to practices instituted from as early as 1730 and up until the printing date.

Among the famous dignitaries who signed upon these very first regulations and policies in the Holy Land are: the Machaneh Ephraim; Rabbi Gedalya Chayun, founder of the Beit El kabbalist yeshivah; the Rashash; the Chida and his father; Maharit Elgazi and his father; and other great Jerusalem sages.

In his introduction, Rabbi Agan warns that all the residents of Jerusalem accepted these enactments upon themselves and their descendants for all generations, declaring that whoever transgresses them “shall be turned into a heap of bones.”
At Rabbi Agan’s request, two distinguished Torah scholars compiled these enactments: Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi—who would later serve as Rishon LeTzion—and Rabbi Yaakov Kapiluto.

Complete copy: In some copies, the approbation dated 1842 on the final leaf was not printed, apparently because it was added only at the conclusion of the printing. This copy is complete, with the approbation present.

Jerusalem, 1842. First edition. Yisrael Beck Press.
Page count: [16], 13–72, [4] leaves.
Page size: 15 cm. Two title pages: the first is a general title page with a decorative border, and the second is a separate title page for the Sefer HaTakanos.
Condition: Good. New leather binding.

The bibliographer A. Tauber states in his article ‘LeDivrei Yemei HaDefus BeEretz Yisrael’ (Bibliographical Studies, pp. 10–11) that the printing of this sefer actually commenced before Avodas HaKodesh (1841), and that it was originally intended to be the first sefer printed in Jerusalem. See his article for the supporting evidence.