Sefer Ketem Paz, section II, by the Kabbalist Rabbi Shimon Lavi, the author of the famed Piyyut Bar Yochai –
first edition Livorno, 1795. Originally, [2], 281-448 leaves. In this copy, the leaf of approbations and last leaf are missing – the second page with the Piyyut Bar Yochai and the title page are completed here with a photocopy.
In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection.
Rabbi Shimon Lavi was exiled from Spain and was one of the important kabbalists of his generation, author of Sefer Ketem Paz (a commentary on the Zohar) as well as a number of famed Piyyutim including Bar Yochai which features an acrostic with the author’s name and is read throughout the Jewish world on Lag B’Omer and in many communities each and every Shabbos.
Stable binding, leather spine. Fine, wide margins. Stains. Taping on the text in several leaves. Moth damage. Fair overall condition.
