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Rare! Sefer Choshev Machashavot by the Kabbalist Rabbi Immanuel Chai Ricchi, the Mishnat Chassidim - First Edition Amsterdam, 1727 with His Famed Responsa about the Not Wearing Tefillin on Chol HaMoed

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Sefer Choshev Machashavot: "זה ספר חושב מחשבות, שחברתי אני הצעיר עמנואל חי ריקי [הי"ד בעל "משנת חסידים"], בן לא"א אברהם ריקי ז"ל, תלמיד החכם השלם מורי ורבי כמוהר"ר נתן בכמוהר"ר יואל פינקארלי נר"ו, נדפס באמשטרדם בשנת אה’בתי מצות’יך מזהב ומפ’ז’ לפ"ג" . First edition, Amsterdam, 1727. 78, [2] leaves. 18 cm. Stains. Moth perforations adn some moth damage. Original, worn binding, without the spine, part;y detahced. Good overall condition. Varied handwritten notations on the flyleafs – have not been studied (see pictures). 

The book has three sections (see Hebrew catalog text). 

The Dayan Kabbalist Rabbi Raphael Immanuel Chai Ricchi (1687-1743) became famous for his work the Mishnat Chassidim, an important Kabbalistic book printed twice during his lifetime and then in many more editions. He was praised by leading rabbis. He authored many other books including Aderet Eliyahu, Hon Ashir, and more. His home in Jerusalem was later used by Rabbeinu Chaim ben Atar for his famed yeshiva, Knesset Yisrael.

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