Beschreibung:

Collection of four books - books of prayers, Kabbalah and Halacha, printed in Jerusalem by R. Yisrael Bak, founder of the first printing press in Jerusalem, who formerly printed books in Berdychiv and in Safed. Disciple of R. Yisrael of Ruzhyn and of R. Levi Yitzchak of Berdychiv. 1. Chemda Genuza, Geonim responsa. Jerusalem, 1863. (S. HaLevi, no. 82). Signatures of R. Shmuel Heller [1786-1884, Rabbi of Safed for 60 years], and signatures of his grandson R. Moshe Deutsch, son-in-law of R. Avraham Yitzchak Heller of Safed [R. Moshe Deutsch of Siget and Safed, maternal grandfather of the Toldot Aharon Rebbe, R. Avraham Yitzchak Kahn]. 2. Malachei Kodesh, prayers and mussar, Shir HaYichud "written by Bene Moshe on the other side of the Sambation River…", Igeret HaRamban, commentary of the Ba'al Shem Tov, etc. Jerusalem, [1862]. (S. HaLevi, no. 66). 3. Sefer HaTechuna, by the Maharchu (R. Chaim Vital). With Kabbalistic and astronomical illustrations. Jerusalem, 1866. First edition. (S. HaLevi, no. 132). Signature of "Ya'akov Chai". On verso of title page: Arabic handwritten dedication. 4. Mo'adei Hashem V'Kri'ei Mo'ed, Part 1. Machzor, Sephardic tradition, for Pesach and Shavu'ot. Includes: Passover Haggadah and Tikun Lel Shavu'ot. Jerusalem, [1844]. Only second title page [lacking first title page and two other leaves (82-83) inside of the volume]. Variant: in the "Blessing for the King or for the Government" on page 51/b, the following version appears: "To our Master, the kind King, the Sultan His Majesty" [see S. HaLevi, no. 20, on the three types of forms which were printed, one with a blessing for Sultan Abdulmejid, the second with a blessing for the Queen of England and the third with an anonymous blessing for "the Sultan"]. 4 books, size and condition vary.