Purchased by Joseph Algazi of Miami, Florida
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I just received 2 books I recently bought at auction written by Solomon Algazi son of Abraham Algazi and published by Solomon's brother, I believe after Solomon's demise, Yosef Algazi in Turkey in 1692. They are extremely rare and a treasure for our family name. Here is the info on the auctions that I purchased:
Ratzuf Ahavah ~ Apirion Shlomo. Frankfurth/Oder 1692
20 x 16 cm. 210 pages. Fair condition except the title page and the following 2 pages are affected see scans
otherwise the book is in very good condition. One page is missing in the front. Nice contemporary tight binding. minor flaws to title page see scans.
Razuf Ahavah (Inlaid with Love), or Apirion Shelomoh (Solomon's Palanquin).
The book contains notes on the Tosafot to the haggadic passages in the Talmud Authored by
Rabbi Nissim Shlome ben Rabbi Avraham Algazi.
He was born in Brussa 1610 circa. Was Rabbi in Smyrna and emigrated to Jerusalem 1635.
[He must not be confused with his grandson and namesake, a rabbi in Egypt in the eighteenth century].
Solomon Algazi was a prolific writer on all topics of rabbinical literature, and has won distinction by his treatment of
Talmudic hermeneutics and methodology. His attempts to rationalize Talmudic Haggadot, while not scientific in a modern sense,
still prove him to have been superior to the average Talmudist of his age.
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This is the second book:
Zahav Sebah. FURTH 1692
21 x 17 cm. 220 pages. Very good condition. Nice contemporary tight binding. minor flaws to title page see scans.
Zehav Sevah ["The Gold of the Hoary Head"] is a Commentary on the Talmudic Haggadot. Authored by
Rabbi Nissim Shlome ben Rabbi Avraham Algazi.
He was born in Brussa 1610 circa. Was Rabbi in Smyrna and emigrated to Jerusalem 1635. [He must not be confused with his grandson and namesake,
a rabbi in Egypt in the eighteenth century]. Solomon Algazi was a prolific writer on all topics of rabbinical literature, and has won distinction by his
treatment of Talmudic hermeneutics and methodology. His attempts to rationalize Talmudic Haggadot, while not scientific in a modern sense, still prove
him to have been superior to the average Talmudist of his age.
On the reverse of the title page is the following statement:
The Rabbi and Kabbalist Rabbi Meir ben Rabbi Moshe Yosef Heilporn of Ternograd said that this book was originally printed by the brother of the author,
Rabbi Yosef Algazi [in Constantinople 1688] But as a result of "Her gates were sunk into the ground" [Lamentations 2:9] none of these books survived...
It is known that he was refering to the earthquake of Izmir which buried everything...........
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Best of regards,
Joseph Algazi