Sepher Chareidim [on the halachic, ethical and religious reasons for the precepts].
Auction 98 |
Thursday, June 16th,
2022 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters
Lot 108
Azikri, Elazar.
Sepher Chareidim [on the halachic, ethical and religious reasons for the precepts].
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.