Sefer Shu”t Sheilat Yavet”z 2 parts, by the Gaon Rabbi Yaacov Emden. Lemberg, 1884.
Stamp on the title page of The Holy Gaon & Mekubal Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari, in Hebrew, French & Arabic.
Important marginal glosses in his Holy hand. Seemingly the glosses were written in two periods of his long life.
The Holy Gaon & Mekubal Rabbi Shlomo Eliezer Alfandari (ca. 1813-1930), leading Turkish rabbi. In his youth, he exchanged halachic correspondence with Rabbi Akiva Eger (who passed away in 1837). He served as chief rabbi of Constantinople and Damascus. When he was about 100 years old, he immigrated to Eretz Israel where he served as rabbi of Safed. In his final years, he settled in Jerusalem, where he passed away close to the age of 120. During his time in Jerusalem, he refrained from taking a stance on communal matters, and remained in his home studying Halachah and Kabbalah, together with the elite holy men of Jerusalem.
He was known to be zealously stringent and strong-minded in his worldviews, ardently opposing the Zionist movement, the establishment of the Agudas Yisrael, and altogether any amendments to authentic Judaism.
In his final year, the Minchat Elazar of Munkacs came to Eretz Israel specially to visit him, and they discussed kabbalistic matters together (reputedly, when the Minchat Elazar was asked about this visit, he stated in the name of the Baal Shem Tov that in each generation there is one Torah leader who is Mashiach ben Yosef, and R. Alfandari was the one of that generation. Yeshurun, XXX, p. 514). He authored Responsa of Maharsha, Responsa of the Saba Kadisha, and more.
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Overall Good condition, brittle pages, some stains, title page and first page have lower margin page tear not affecting text, many pages have small margin page tears not affecting text, page 58 has page tear affecting text, original binding has damaged corners, edges and rubbed out spine.
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