The ‘Midrash Rabbah’ of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld.
Hundreds (!) of glosses in his own handwriting
On the title page appears his signature from an early period:
"Hakatan Chaim
Sonnenfeld" (the name Yosef was added later by the Maharil Diskin).
Throughout the book appear hundreds of corrections, glosses, and notes in his own handwriting. To the best of our examination, these have never been printed!
Books with glosses in the handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, the Rabbi of Jerusalem, are extremely rare.
Book description: Midrash Rabbah on the Torah with the commentary Matnot Kehunah.
Leipzig, 1864.
Page count: [1], 267, [1]; [1], 112 leaves. Size: 23 cm.
Overall good condition, the title page and several pages in fair-poor condition, with missing tears and coarse repairs. Time stains, wear on the edges of several pages. Antique and preserved binding.
Provenance: Library of the great-grandson of Rabbi Yosef Chaim – the Gaon Rabbi Aharon Yeshaya Blau Shlita, author of ‘Mareh Ish’.
