Yesh Sachar [Halachic Code based upon the Zohar].
Auction 94 |
Thursday, June 17th,
2021 at 11:00am
Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx
Lot 212
ISSACHAR BAER OF KREMENETS.
Yesh Sachar [Halachic Code based upon the Zohar].
Prague: Gershom ben Bezalel Katz 1609
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
This work discusses the role Kabbalah should play in determining mainstream Halachic practice; a hot-button topic for centuries. As opposed to philosophy, seen by many as the polar opposite of the Zohar, Kabbalah is both esoteric and not for mass consumption while at the same time takes Halachic positions based upon mainstream practice.
R. Yissachar Baer of Kremenetz (d. before 1648) was one of the first Aschkenazi Jews to compose Kabbalistic works in the early-modern era.