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Admat Kodesh – On Holy Sites in Jerusalem, By the Maggid of Vilkomir – Jerusalem, 1890

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Admat Kodesh, on the holy sites "transmitted to the people of Jerusalem generation after generation", by R. Chaim Yitzchak Aharon Rappaport, the Maggid of Vilkomir. [Jerusalem: printer not indicated, ca. 1890].

Printed without a title page.

The Maggid of Vilkomir, R. Chaim Yitzchak Aharon Rappaport (1809-1904), served for decades as maggid in Eišiškės and Vilkomir (Ukmergė). At the age of 75 he immigrated to Jerusalem. He authored a commentary on the Ein Yaakov and dozens of smaller works and posters printed in Jerusalem.

4 leaves. 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Light wear. Marginal tears and open tears, repaired extensively with paper. Light worming. New binding.

Not documented by Sh. Halevy.
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