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TWO PARTS BOUND TOGETHER. RARE critical edition of `Midrash Ha-Gadol` on the book of Exodus - a collection of midrashim and exegesis compiled in medieval Yemen, regarded by many as a masterpiece of Jewish Yemenite literature. The editor - David Zvi Hoffmann (1843-1921) was an eminent Orthodox Rabbi and Torah Scholar whose rabbinical training was at the hands of Moshe Schick and Azriel Hildesheimer. Shortly after obtaining his degree, he became employed as a teacher in Samson Raphael Hirsch`s Realschule school in Frankfurt am Main, and in 1873 moved to Berlin to join the faculty of the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin where he eventually became rector in 1899 after the death of Azriel Hildesheimer. This edition was proofed and edited by the Mekize Nirdamim society. 240x165mm. 242 pages. Green cloth rebound Hardcover with gilt spine. Original covers, whitepages and several pages browning. Cover upper and spine yellowing/age-stained. Spine bottom edge slightly bumped. Inner cover and text block edges slightly age-stained. Pen underlining on first title page - no damage to text. Small hole on second title page - no damage to text. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare critical edition of an important medieval Midrash is in good condition.