Auction 45

Kabbalah—Sefer Shefa Tal by Rabbi Shabtai Segal Horwitz. Frankfurt-am-Mein 1719. Stamps of Rabbi Moshe Khalfin, Rabbi Reuven Yisrael HaLevi Frankel of Kalish.

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Shefa Tal, mystical secrets of kabbalah. Included within it is the work Igeres HaTa’amim and mishnayot from Sefer Yetzirah and maamarei Zohar and Tikkunim, with most of the words of the Maharam Cordovero, Moharar Shabtai Segal Horwitz of Prague. Many kabbalistic illustrations.


The title page has the
stamp of Rabbi Moshe Khalfin, father-in-law of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk and Rabbi Yitzhak Meir of Gur (the Chiddushei HaRim). Additional stamp of Rabbi Reuven Yisrael Frankel of Kalish, an important Gur chassid in the first generations of the movement.

[2], 84 leaves. Large tears and tape on a number of pages including the title page, overall poor to fair condition.