Sefer Pri Mipri and Sefer Nechpeh BaKesef, Part II – Responsa and Novellae, by Rabbi Yona Navon, Teacher of the Chid"a.

Sefer Pri Mipri and Sefer Nechpeh BaKesef, Part II – Responsa and Novellae, by Rabbi Yona Navon, Teacher of the Chid"a.

First edition, printed by the author’s grandson, the esteemed Gaon and Kabbalist, Rabbi Binyamin Mordechai Navon, Av Beit Din of Jerusalem, at the press of Rabbi Yisrael Bak. Jerusalem, 5603 [1843]. One of the earliest books printed in Jerusalem.

This work was brought to print by the author's grandson, the esteemed Gaon and Kabbalist, Rabbi Binyamin Mordechai Navon, Av Beit Din of Jerusalem, who wrote a lengthy introduction. The first part of this work was printed during the author's lifetime, nearly a century before the present volume.

The reason for the delayed printing of the second part was its content—Pri Mipri includes responses to several difficulties raised by the Or HaChaim in his work Pri To'ar regarding the rulings of Pri Chadash. The Or HaChaim was known to have warned against those who would challenge his halachic conclusions in a confrontational manner. Many scholars indeed had critiques but refrained from publishing them. Thus, the book was only published many years later.

Ownership Stamps: Menachem Mendel Rabin, Naftali Dovber Rabinowitz, grandson of the Yehudi HaKadosh of Peshischa.

Rabbi Naftali Dovber Rabinowitz, son of the Admor Rabbi Mordechai Aryeh Rabinowitz of Porisov – Jerusalem, and grandson of the Yehudi HaKadosh of Peshischa, was the son-in-law of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin, son of the esteemed Rabbi Shmuel Aharon Rubin of Kratshin. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rabin was the author of Einei Menachem.

In 5649 [1889], Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rabin undertook a pilgrimage to the grave of the holy Tanna, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, and other righteous figures in Meron. At the conclusion of this journey, he compiled the book Masa Meiron, an early and valuable source detailing the Hilula (celebration) at the tomb of Rashbi.

Sh. Halevi, Early Jerusalem Books, no. 13.

[2], 132 leaves. 30 cm.

Condition: Good, aside from defects in the lower corner of the last five leaves, causing minor text loss.