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LOT 38:
(BAGHDAD). Chok Le’Yisrael. Title in blue and ...
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(BAGHDAD).
Chok Le’Yisrael.
Title in blue and red. ff. 214. Fine condition. Recent half-calf marbled boards. 8vo.
Yaari, Baghdad 11.
Baghdad, (Rachamim b. Reuben b. Mordechai) 1868.
Rare Baghdadi Imprint of Chok le-Yisrael.
Chok Le-Yisrael is an arrangement of texts by the Kabbalist R. Chaim Vital, whereby each day one studies a portion of the Talmud. The work gained broad acceptance especially among those that follow Sephardi custom.
On the verso of the title-page appears an appreciation to Abdullah David Sassoon and his brothers for purchasing 200 copies of this book for use in the Sassoon School of Bombay, India.
In 1832, David S. Sassoon, a native of Baghdad, moved to Bombay, where his family established his enormously successful international business concern. The beneficence of David Sassoon and his eight sons, the eldest of whom was Abdullah, greatly contributed to the Jewish community of Bombay and indeed to the city as a whole.
In the mid-1870’s Abdullah (by now Albert) settled in London and in 1890 was created a Baronet. See EJ, Vol. XIV, cols. 896-899.
