Auction 47

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Two rare kabbalistic works of the 16th-century. Merapeh Lanefesh, Venice 1595; Sha’arei Ora, Rio di Trento, 1561. With kabbalistic notes in Judeo-Arabic.

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1.“And for the merit of the masses I put in it tikkunei nafesh and remedies from the holy kabbalist Rabbi Yitzhak Luria Ashkenazi”. The Sefer Merapeh Lanefesh by Rabbi Avraham Tzahlon, kabbalistic tikkunim with those of the Ari. This is the first time that such tikkunim of the Ari were ever printed, only 23 years after his death! Venice 1595. 22 leaves.


2.Sefer Sha’arei Ora, a foundational kabbalistic work. Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin said that in order to have fulfilled the study of the kabbalah one must have studied the Zohar and this work, Sha’arei Ora. 84 leaves.

The blank leaves and those within the work have kabbalistic notes in Judeo-Arabic. Signatures of “Avraham ben M. Mirza HaKohen”, and a stylish signature which cannot be interpreted. Two books bound together. Stains, moth damage, fair condition.

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