Tanach Goral HaGra
Amsterdam, 1701
Torah, Nevi’im and Kesuvim meticulously proofread, with charts of kri and ksiv, chaseiros and yeseiros, and calendar of haftaros.
Fine copy with gilded leaves. There are three title pages: The first title page is copperplate engraved; the second is in Hebrew; and the third is in Latin.
This Tanach, divided into two columns, is used for performing the famous ‘goral’ (lot casting) known as the "Goral HaGra".
A Tanach of this kind was used by the righteous Rabbi Aryeh Levin when he conducted the famous lot (Goral HaGra) to identify fallen soldiers (see a photograph of the Tanach in the book Ish Tzaddik Haya, p. 114).
Page Size: 14.8 cm. Two columns per page, without vowels.
Page Count: [6], 292 leaves, 293-306, [4] pages.
Condition: Good. A few stains. Old binding (slightly worn).
