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Kabbalah: First Edition of Sha'ar Habet Vehagimel and Sha'ar Hakavanot of the Eight She'arim by Rabbeinu Chaim Vital - Salonika, 1852-1862

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Two Kabbalistic books, first editions, with the Torah of Rabbeinu Chaim Vital. Bound together. Copy of Rabbi Chaim Berlin. 

1. Sha’ar Habet Vehagimel of the eight She’arim, authored by the Divine Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Vital – first edition, Salonika 1862. Stefansky Yesod 353. 

2. Sha’ar Hakavanot, the sixth Sha’ar of the eight She’arim, authored by the Divine Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Vital – first edition, Salonika 1862. Stefansky Yesod 353. 

On the flyleaf, a handwritten notation: "שייך להרב החריף הגאון מו’ חיים ברלין אב"ד פה מאסקווא" וכן חותמת "חיים ברלין בהגאון אדמו"ר הנצי"ב זצ"ל מלפנים רב במאסקווא ואב"ד ור"מ בוואלוז’ין וכעת בירושלים עה"ק ת"ו".


[2], 69, 25, [2], 163 leaves. 

original, blemished leather binding. Stains, some of them large. Open tears to the title page and several additional leaves, not affecting the text. Good condition.