Imrei Binah [elucidation of kabbalistic concepts]

Auction 96 | Wednesday, February 09th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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SATANOW, YITZCHAK.

Imrei Binah [elucidation of kabbalistic concepts]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title surrounded by Biblical verses. Approbations by Tzvi Hirsch Berlin and his son Saul Berlin; the others are spurious ff. (2), 35. Lightly stained. Contemporary boards, rubbed. 4to Vinograd, Berlin 317

(Berlin: 1784)

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $275

As stated on the title-page, the author's express purpose in writing this book was to demonstrate that the two seemingly disparate disciplines of Kabbalah and Philosophy are actually compatible and complimentary. Isaac Satanow (1732-1804), a member of Mendelssohn's inner circle, was one of the founding fathers of the Berlin Haskalah movement and a most prolific scholar. See B. Naor, From A Kabbalist's Diary (2005) pp. 107-122.