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Keter Shem Tov Kenaf Renanim – Four Poems in Honor of Moses Montefiore – Jerusalem, 1849
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Keter Shem Tov Kenaf Renanim – Four Poems in Honor of Moses Montefiore – Jerusalem, 1849
Keter Shem Tov – Kenaf Renanim, poems in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore, by R. Yaakov HaLevi Sapir. Jerusalem: Yisrael Bak, [1849].
The book includes four poems in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore, for two of his visits in Eretz Israel and for his efforts in the Damascus blood libel and for Russian Jewry.
On the last page of the book, R. Yaakov Sapir gives a poetic summary of his life in the 17 years since he immigrated to Eretz Israel.
R. Yaakov HaLevi Sapir (1822-1885), traveler, emissary and scholar. Born in Russia, he immigrated to Eretz Israel, where he served as a schoolteacher, secretary of the Perushim community and occasionally a poet. On voyages as an emissary, he kept a detailed travelogue, and his writings comprise the first ethnography of Yemenite Jewry as well as a philological study of their manuscripts.
26, [1] pages. 21.5 cm. Light-colored paper, with fine margins. Good condition. Light stains and traces of former dampness. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 45.
