The first book printed in Israel was Lekah Tov, a commentary on the Book of Esther by Yom Tov, Zahalon. The colophon includes a woodcut of the Holy Temple—a copy of the printer

The first book printed in Israel was Lekah Tov, a commentary on the Book of Esther by Yom Tov, Zahalon. The colophon includes a woodcut of the Holy Temple—a copy of the printer's mark used by Marco Giustiniani in Venice 1545-52—with the legend "Great will be the glory of this house...Saith the Lord of Hosts" (Haggai, 2:9). The colophon states that the volume was completed on the fourth day of Tishri 5338 (1577). 

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