[prayers and meditations from the Zohar]
AUCTION 9 |
Tuesday, March 28th,
2000 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 323
Seder Idra Raba / Seder Idra Zuta
[prayers and meditations from the Zohar]
Jerusalem: Moriah 1910
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $750
This unusual miniature edition was published exclusively for the Sephardic communities whose custom it was to recite the Idra Raba on the night of Shavuoth and the Idra Zuta on Hoshana Raba and Lag B’Omer - the anniversary (known as the “Hilula”) of the death of R. Shimon b. Yochai.
The Idra Raba (The Great Assembly) is the most systematic discourse found in the Zohar(according to G. Scholem, Major Trends In Jewish Mysticism (1941) p.160) in which R. Shimon and his companions discuss the most profound mysteries concerning the revelation of the Divine. The Idra Zuta (The Small Assembly) is a description of R. Shimon’s death and his closing words prior to his demise.