Likutei Shik’chah U’peah [“Gleanings” - Kabbalistic commentary to Aggadic portions of the Talmud].
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Thursday, June 17th,
2021 at 11:00am
Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx
Lot 133
ELIMELECH, ABRAHAM BEN JUDAH (ALMALEK/ELMALEH).
Likutei Shik’chah U’peah [“Gleanings” - Kabbalistic commentary to Aggadic portions of the Talmud].
Ferrara: Abraham ibn Usque 1556
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
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This compedium of kabbalistic writings includes the (non-attributed) commentary of Spanish medieval kabbalist Ezra ben Solomon of Gerona on selected aggadic portions; Joseph ben Chaim's commentary on the Ten Sefiroth; and Joseph Gikatilla's treatise on enigmatic kabbalistic themes. It is unclear why Almalech concealed R. Ezra ben Solomon’s identity as the author of parts of the commentary in this work. For a detailed analysis of the fragments attributed to R. Ezra, see: I Tishby, Perush Ha’agadoth LeRav Azriel (1945). p.12.
Likely a Spanish exile, Abraham ben Judah Almalech lived in Pesaro, Italy, in the later half of the 15th-century. Little biographical information is known of him, although a few autobiographical notes appear in the preface to the present work.