Livyath Chen [Hebrew grammar]

The author, a highly regarded Italian Kabbalist, helped facilitate the first printing of the Zohar in Mantua in 1558. A mystical element clearly influences the Livyath Chen, indeed passages from the Zohar are found therein. See I. Tishbi, Kovetz Perakim, Vol. I, pp. 148-153. The signatory Gur Aryeh Halevi (Finzi) was Rabbi in Mantua during the 17th century. His commentary Gur Aryeh on Shulchan Aruch was published in Mantua, 1722-23. The signatory Moshe Ish Tov Halevi, a communal leader in Verona in the 17th century is cited in Pinkas Kahal Verona p. 132. (Further information concerning the signatories accompanies the lot).