Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text].

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

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ALKABETZ, SHLOMO HALEVI.

Shoresh Yishai [Kabbalistic commentary to the Book of Ruth, with text].

<<First Edition.>> Title within architectural arch. ff. 96. Stained. Later green boards with decoratively tooled morocco spine in gilt. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Const. 221.

Constantinople: Solomon ibn Usque 1561

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

R. Shlomo Alkabetz (c. 1505-84) was a liturgical poet and Kabbalist, venerated today as the composer of ‘Lechah Dodi.’ He emigrated from the Balkans to the Land of Israel in 1535, settling in Safed, then the center of Kabbalistic learning. There, he was part of an extraordinary fraternity of mystics that included R. Yoseph Karo, R. Moshe Alsheich and principally, his brother-in-law, R. Moshe Cordovero.