Sepher Chareidim [on the halachic, ethical and religious reasons for the precepts].

Auction 98 | Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 1:00pm

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Lot 108

Azikri, Elazar.

Sepher Chareidim [on the halachic, ethical and religious reasons for the precepts].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title within typographical border. ff. 82. Dampstained, upper corner of title neatly repaired. Recent half-morocco. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 925.

Venice: Daniel Zanetti 1601

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $2,400

In this spiritual and ascetic manual, R. Elazar Azikri (1533-1600) divides the precepts according to the senses and limbs of the human body. The work contains many laws relating to the Land of Israel and a collection of “Love Songs to the Creator,” including the popular Sabbath Hymn, “Yedid Nephesh” (f. 43r). A Kabbalist of the Safed School, Azikri’s sole aim was “spiritual perfection, purification and communion with God.” See EJ, Vol. III, cols. 1008-9.