Auction 44

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Mekor Chayim (kabbalah)—first edition, Livorno 1792.

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Droshim for moadim and rosh chodesh by the kabbalist Rabbi Shmuel Vittel, son and student of Rabbi Haim Vittel, student of the Ari. First edition from the author’s lifetime. [2], 86 leaves. “May this be the beginning of the writing of this book on Rosh Chodesh Adar…”. Brought to the publisher by Rabbi Moshe di Modena son of the kabbalist Rabbi David di Modena. Introduction from the author. Moth holes and damage, mainly in the margins. Stains, some pages brown, overall fair condition.


Stamps: “Gift from Rabbi Yaakov Sofer”. Sefardi signature partially erased on the first leaf: “the young Yishaya/Meir(?) Saadon.”

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